{"id":723762,"date":"2026-08-02T02:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723762\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:49:15","slug":"chelsea-blueco-reach-decision-on-selling-joao-pedro-to-arsenal-for-e100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723762\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea: BlueCo reach decision on selling Joao Pedro to Arsenal for \u20ac100m"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> have failed in their quest to bring Joao Pedro to the Emirates Stadium, with Chelsea deciding to hand the Brazilian striker a new contract, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres is the number one striker at Arsenal<\/a>, but the Premier League champions are looking to add another frontman to manager Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n

Atletico Madrid star Julian Alvarez would be a dream signing for Arsenal<\/a>, whose sporting director, Andrea Berta, is personally said to be interested in the Argentina international.<\/p>\n

However, Atletico do not want to sell Alvarez, who himself would prefer to move to Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Arsenal are not putting their eggs in one basket when it comes to signing a top-quality striker in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

Arsenal target Joao Pedro<\/p>\n

According to Globo<\/a>, Arsenal have taken a shine to Chelsea<\/a> and Brazil international striker Joao Pedro, too.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian news outlet has reported that Arsenal are willing to pay \u20ac100million (\u00a385.5m) to Chelsea for Joao Pedro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barcelona, too, have indicated that they would be willing to pay the same amount to Chelsea, but the Blues\u2019 owners, BlueCo, have decided to hand the 24-year-old a new contract instead.<\/p>\n

Joao Pedro to sign new Chelsea contract<\/p>\n

Globo has reported that Chelsea have \u2018agreed to extend the contract\u2019 of Joao Pedro, who will sign his new deal \u2018in the coming days\u2019.<\/p>\n

The report has stated: \u2018Talks have recently progressed amid interest from Barcelona and Arsenal, who have indicated they are willing to exceed \u20ac100 million for the striker.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chelsea immediately closed the door, declaring Joao Pedro non-negotiable, and, aware of the player\u2019s rising value, called for talks to expand the relationship and renegotiate his salary.\u2019<\/p>\n

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has also reported that Joao Pedro will sign a new contract with Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Romano posted on X at 3:08pm on August 1: \u201cJoao Pedro will sign new long term contract at Chelsea in the upcoming days, verbal agreement done.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll set for longer deal until June 2033 and salary increase after calls from 3 top clubs turned down by #CFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntouchable, as always said.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danny Welbeck joins Chelsea<\/p>\n

Chelsea have also announced the signing of former Manchester United and Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Welbeck has switched from Brighton and Hove Albion and will provide support to Joao Pedro.<\/p>\n

The striker said: \u201cWhen you hear of the interest from Chelsea, it\u2019s something that fills you with such immense pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the history of Chelsea, it\u2019s a club that wants to win trophies and is pushing to do that every single season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really honoured to come to a club of this stature at what feels like a really exciting time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a few of the boys already and I\u2019ve had fantastic conversations with the manager and already feel that connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got that fire in my belly and I\u2019m ready to give it everything for this club to make everyone at Chelsea, and the supporters, proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian Norgaard leaving Arsenal for Everton<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Arsenal have decided to sell Danish midfielder Christian Norgaard<\/a> to Everton.<\/p>\n

The Athletic journalist\u00a0David Ornstein\u00a0wrote on\u00a0X\u00a0at 4:27pm on August 1: \u201cEXCL: Everton reach agreement in principle with Arsenal to sign Christian Norgaard.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill needs formalising but 32yo midfielder set to join #EFC from #AFC for in region of \u00a37m & expected to undergo medical next week ahead of proposed move.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Chelsea star Mykhaylo Mudryk free to make immediate return as FA \u2018resolve appeal proceedings\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have failed in their quest to bring Joao Pedro to the Emirates Stadium, with Chelsea deciding to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[220,219,38139,109983,218,448,348,400,50,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-723762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-chelsea","tag-christian-norgaard","tag-danny-welbeck","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-home-page","tag-joao-pedro","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}