Woooo! Some welcome great news

On Sky Sports News now too

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Pedro from Barcelona.

The Spaniard arrives as a highly coveted winger who can also play as a central striker. He is proven at the very highest level and already possesses an impressive medal haul.

The 28-year-old has accumulated three Champions Leagues and five La Liga titles, as well as being a world and European champion on the international stage.

He 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.’

Born in Tenerife, the diminutive Pedro, whose full name is Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma, signed for Bar?a’s academy in 2004 and made his first-team debut in January 2008 after catching the eye for their B team.

By 2009/10, the two-footed, fast and direct winger had become an important part of the Barcelona team. He was the first player ever to score in the Spanish league, Copa del Rey, Champions League, both the European and Spanish Super Cups as well as the World Club Cup.

His brilliant performances at club level saw him secure a place in the Spain squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Pedro started both the semi-final and final, and was a key figure in their victory over the Netherlands.

A year later he scored the opening goal in the Champions League final at Wembley as Bar?a beat Manchester United 3-1.

He was a substitute alongside then Chelsea players Fernando Torres and Juan Mata in Spain’s Euro 2012 victory over Italy. The winger was also part of the squad which travelled to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup.

Pedro came on as a late substitute in Barcelona’s most recent major success - May’s Champions League final win over Juventus in Berlin. He concluded his time at the Catalan club in the most memorable manner, scoring the winning goal in their 5-4 UEFA Super Cup triumph over Sevilla.

Best to move this now!

I started a new one but maybe a mod can merge them or close this one

Official, he's ours.

Delighted.

Wish he was 25 and not 28.

28 is the new 25

Now let's get Stones done and close up the window there.

Wish he was 25 and not 28.

Remind me again how old Zola was when we signed him?

Woop Woop! 

 

Great signing - Hazard, Pedro and Costa are going to be LETHAL! Cant wait! :) 

Now let's get Stones done and close up the window there.

 

I still think we really need a CM, i really hope we pull something out the bag, or give Oscar a go in that position, i have thought for years that he could play there.

great signing!

now if we get Stones and maybe a cm it would be perfect, although I doubt we will sign a midfielder.

With Pedro out on the right, Oscar and Willian will battle it out for the role behind the striker, add to that Fabregas can play cm and attacking mid.

I still think we really need a CM, i really hope we pull something out the bag, or give Oscar a go in that position, i have thought for years that he could play there.

we have matic, mikel, fabregas, ramires and also oscar and zouma can play in there, i think the only way we buy a cm is if ramires goes, juve are very interested in him and cuadrado so we will see

Gah I never know the correct way to merge threads (hence why I hate it when another one is created…!) to make it so the more recent/up to date topic comes at the end and not at the beginning... and I don't want to experiment on this occasion either so I'm just going to close this one for ease.

New thread - http://www.theshedend.com/topic/28389-pedro/