Yesterday’s big news out of Brazil was that Chelsea are interesting in Brighton striker Joao Pedro.
Brazilian sports outlet GE Globo reported that we had already made a €60m bid for the forward, backing up previous information from Fabrizio Romano that we were interested.
Chelsea top insider denies bid from Blues for Joao Pedro
But today, the sentiment goes the other way. Ben Jacobs, who is very well connected at the club, insists that we “have not held any talks and are not exploring a deal.”
Brighton, according to him, would be looking to make a “big profit” on the £30m they paid for the forward.