Joao Pedro Next Club Odds: 2025 Summer Window

Newcastle currently lead the Joao Pedro next club odds courtesy of an odds on price of 10/11. You can certainly build a strong logic for why Newcastle would want to bring someone of Pedro’s quality to St James’ Park, and, of course, the Magpies can offer certain things to the player as well.

Namely, those things being Champions League football, a raucous home crowd and the opportunity to play with a couple of compatriots in Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton, which might appeal.

There is one huge hurdle to overcome, though, and it makes us question the value of the odds on offer.

Pedro is 23 years old, proven, and probably eyeing a spot at the World Cup next summer. How does playing second fiddle to Alexander Isak help Pedro in those ambitions or in his broader career plan right now?

Pedro’s classification of having delivered at the top level but with much more potential to fulfil feels like a player that sits right in Chelsea’s recruitment sweet spot. This potential move really does feel like it makes a lot of sense too, for both parties.

From the player’s perspective, Chelsea could offer Pedro everything that Newcastle could and, longer term, a better likelihood of sustained competitiveness at the very top level. You would argue that he’d get more game time at Stamford Bridge too.

Chelsea might have already bought in Liam Delap this summer but at £30m that deal was a no brainer given the potential upside he has.

Even with that, the Blues still only have Delap and Nicolas Jackson to pick from in attack and neither are perceived as being the first-choice solution by most pundits, which creates a gap for somebody else. Is that where Pedro comes in?

The Blues and Seagulls have certainly done a fair bit of business together in the past.

With strong stories suggesting Chelsea and Newcastle are in a full-blown battle for Pedro’s signature, the player staying put on the South Coast doesn’t feel overly likely. It isn’t an impossibility though hence the bookies odds.

From a purely footballing perspective, Brighton would love to keep Pedro this summer. That isn’t really how they do business under Tony Bloom though.

They signed Pedro for a reported £30m just two years ago; reports suggest they are looking to double their money with this summe,r and should someone put that money on the table then they will sell.

With Pedro having an eye for goal, a physical presence and excellent workrate it really does feel like a case of “when” not “if” a deal gets done this window; that is especially true considering how many clubs are on the lookout for a striker.

There are a few clubs between Brighton and Arsenal in the Joao Pedro next club odds but at 25/1 we do think there is some left-field value to be considered here.

As is the case with Chelsea, a move to Arsenal would tick almost every box for Pedro in respect of what Arsenal is as a club and where they compete year to year. The key difference here though, is that he would be guaranteed as the main man at the sharp end of the pitch.

From a Gunners angle, clearly, they have a need for a striker with Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko are the two hotly linked names.

Those rumours have gone a little quiet of late, though with a lot of the noise being that Arsenal are concerned by the transfer fees involved, given the fact that neither are proven in England’s top flight.

Pedro is, and what’s more, he actually scored against Arsenal both times they met this season; scouting reports are more sophisticated than that, but doing the business against a team will never do you any harm when it comes to earning admirers.