Confirmed: Pedro completes £21.4m Chelsea transfer after snubbing Man Utd interest

Pedro completes transfer to Premier League champions Chelsea

CHELSEA have completed the signing of Pedro from Barcelona.

 

The Spain international arrives for a reported fee of £21.4million after long-term suitors Manchester United ended their pursuit.

The 28-year-old forward was believed to be heading to Old Trafford after executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward flew to Catalonia on Monday to secure the transfer.

But boss Louis van Gaal decided against signing the Spaniard after it became apparent he had reservations about joining the Red Devils.

Pedro has now opted to join Premier League champions Chelsea and has reportedly committed his future at Stamford Bridge until 2019.

 

I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea

Pedro

After putting pen to paper, Pedro said: "I am very happy to be here. I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea and I am here to keep winning titles.

"Thanks to the club and the supporters for giving me the opportunity to put the blue shirt on."

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has had his say Pedro, who he played with for two years at the Nou Camp, claiming he's the 'perfect professional'.

The Frenchman said: "The perfect team-mate, the perfect professional - he is that guy.

 

"He pressures from the front, but he's also the player that any manager would love to have. You know what you're going to get with Pedro, always 100 per cent.

"The way he plays, the way he trains, he doesn't talk, he doesn't create any problem for you, he's a team player who had exactly what you would love to have as a team-mate, as a player, or if you're the boss."

Blues boss Jose Mourinho is now believed to be looking to offload a winger this summer to accommodate Pedro's arrival.

And according to German news outlet TZ Online, the Stamford Bridge outfit have offered the 27-year-old Brazilian to both Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.