Chelsea is still bringing in new players for new manager Enzo Maresca whose appointment at the beginning of this month signified a new beginning for the Stamford Bridge team.
The Blues have been active in the first instance of the transfer window ahead of the new summer signing of 24 year old Fulham centre back Tosin Adarabioyo.
This meant that he was able to sign for Chelsea without a transfer fee being required.
Now, Chelsea has got their second player in their squad, but he would not be available to Maresca right from then.
New recruit Pedro Lima is the latest South American teen signing for the Chelsea since a new owner Todd Boehly adopted a youth recruitment project.
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Chelsea emerged victorious in the forward bids for the 17-year-old right-back signing, and the company has agreed to pay. Of the two bids submitted by the US firm in addition to £6. 3 million £2. 5 million.
The Sport Recife star will join Ligue 1 side Strasbourg directly, where Boehly’s consortium BlueCo purchased controlling stake last year.
Chelsea formerly leased Brazilian winger Angelo Gabriel and midfielder Andrey Santos to Strasbourg to gain experience. Maresca wants Santos being incorporated into the next season’s Premier League team list as a first team player.
This comes at a time when Lima has just relocated to France after joining English side, and Matheus Cunha has disclosed that he had wished the youngster to join Gary O’Neil’s team. Cunha attempted to persuade Lima into snubbing Chelsea and moving to Molineux instead.
Cunha speaking to the Brazilian news site Globo Esporte declared: ‘Pedro Lima is a talent with a bright future.’ Cunha said he was happy Lima could join Wolves and he added that the club also wanted young talent in their team. Nevertheless, Lima decided to join Chelsea and Cunha has to accept it because it was his choice.
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It also proved that Chelsea is willing and ready to promote the culture of young talent hunting and development.
The signing of Pedro Lima is in tandem with Boehly’s management styles, which is focused on developing youth talent.
Then with Lima adding to the side Strasbourg, he will make a lot of experience in Europe which may prove to be of great benefit to Chelsea in the near future.
At the same time, when Maresca will be creating a team, he will focus on the accumulation of the main squad, as well as talented youngsters.
The changes in the players’ ownership in the transfer market were made according to the mentioned long term strategies of Chelsea.
Enhancing itself through the acquisition of talents such as Lima as well as developing them will help the club to lay the much needed foundation for the future.
We can only look forward to more enthralling events and occurrences as the transfer window unfolds and Maresca fine tunes his squad for the following season.
