Premier League champions Chelsea have pipped Manchester
United to the signing of Spain winger Pedro Rodriguez from Barcelona, according
to British press reports on Wednesday.
vanguard reported that Chelsea had agreed a fee of
£21 million (29.8m euros, $32.9m) with the reigning European champions and that
the 28-year-old was on a flight to London to finalise the terms of the
transfer.
If completed, the deal will bring an end to a
summer-long transfer saga surrounding Pedro, who had been linked to Manchester
City as well as United, although it was the Old Trafford club who appeared most
likely to sign him.
Pedro scored the winning goal for Barcelona in last
week’s dramatic 5-4 extra-time defeat of Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup in
Tbilisi.
However, he has fallen down the pecking order at the
Camp Nou under Luis Enrique, who has preferred the all-star front three of
Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez and has used the Canary-Islands born
player more sparingly
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