Chelsea transfer 'hijacked' by Premier League rivals with club 'set to sign' Brazilian teen sensation
Chelsea have reportedly been ‘hijacked’ by Premier League foes Wolves in the race to indicator 17-year-worn Pedro Lima from Sporting activity Recife.
Since Todd Boehly’s consortium wrapped up its takeover of the Premier League colossuses in 2022, they have been infatuated on debasing the median era of their squad by signing upward-and-unborn talents.
As portion of this recruitment drive, Chelsea have attempted to snap upward some of the above reproach teenage talent around the world and they have been seeking Lima.
The right-previously has formed via the ranks at Brazilian Serie B outfits Sporting activity Recife and has currently rendered 26 appearances at senior level.
Chelsea have been supervising his floater and it’s been globally reported that they were meant to win the race to indicator him.
Previously this month, transfer maven Fabrizio Romano rendered assume Chelsea are “closing in” on signing Lima.
He said: “Chelsea are closing in on the signing of talented young right-previously Pedro Lima, who can come to be the next off vast South American talent to symbol upward via the Doldrums after Kendry Paez, while Estevao Willian is an additional meant to symbol upward via.”
Yet Chelsea will miss out on Lima as The Athletic‘s David Ornstein disclosed Premier League foes Wolves are ‘bundle to indicator’ him.
‘Wolves have reached an arrangement via Sporting activity Recife to indicator Pedro Lima.
‘The 17-year-worn owned been greatly bridged via a host of optimal clubs, most prominently Chelsea, who owned been seeking a bargain for the right-previously.
‘Yet Wolves have taken care of to blow a tackle Sporting activity Recife for Lima in what would stand for a monumental coup for the nightclub.
‘Borrower terms are in place on a five-year arrangement that encompasses the institution to protract by a further 12 months.
‘If all gets forced in scheme he would recover here at Wolves on July 1 to filch on a contractor and diligent the a commendable ideata action.’
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Romano incorporated: “Wolves have hijacked bargain and signed Pedro Lima from Sporting activity Recife despite bargain vocally consented via BlueCo group last week.
“Sporting activity Recife introduce bargain consented via Wolves for 2006 born Brazilian right previously.”
A Sporting activity Recife testament has attested that a bargain has been struck via Wolves for Lime. They said: “Sporting activity Club perform Recife announces that it has signed a obligating arrangement to transfer the economic and federative civil liberties of contractor athlete Pedro Lima to Wolverhampton Wanderers, from England.
“The arrangement is subject to ordinary maladies, forcing the contractor athlete’s baptism of contractor checkups executed by the English nightclub.
“President Yuri Romao and the football supervising board will nicety the procedure in a testament once all miens undetermined the institution have been wrapped up.”
