{"id":2448,"date":"2018-02-19T12:18:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2025-03-25T01:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:34:15","slug":"pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea attacker, Pedro has no plans to remain at Stamford Bridge beyond his current deal as he is desperate to make a quick return to the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n

Spanish media outlet, Don Balon claims the Spaniard feels his contributions to Chelsea’s success as a team has been going unnoticed by his countries authorities and if he wants to be in their thinking when they are selecting national team players, he has to be closer to home.<\/p>\n

Pedro joined Chelsea in the summer of 2015 after the Blues stole a march on Manchester United under the management of Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n

He helped them win the Premier League last season, but he has seen his role reduced this season.<\/p>\n

His current deal expires in the summer of 2019 and he hopes to make a return to Barcelona on a free transfer at that time.<\/p>\n

He would be 32 years old then and may also struggle to break into the Barcelona first team who are doing well at the moment.<\/p>\n

Pedro has netted 6 goals and provided four assists this season and he is preparing to help the Blues knock Barcelona out of the Champions League when they face each other from Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chelsea attacker, Pedro has no plans to remain at Stamford Bridge beyond his current deal as he is desperate to make a quick return to the Camp Nou. Spanish media outlet, Don Balon claims the Spaniard feels his contributions to Chelsea’s success as a team has been going unnoticed by his countries authorities and if he wants to be in their thinking when they are selecting national team players, he has to be closer to home. Pedro joined Chelsea in the summer of 2015 after the Blues stole a march on Manchester United under the management of Jose Mourinho. He helped them win the Premier League last season, but he has seen his role reduced this season. His current deal expires in the summer of 2019 and he hopes to make a return to Barcelona on a free transfer at that time. He would be 32 years old then and may also struggle to break into the Barcelona first team who are doing well at the moment. Pedro has netted 6 goals and provided four assists this season and he is preparing to help the Blues knock Barcelona out of the Champions League when they face each other from Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea attacker, Pedro has no plans to remain at Stamford Bridge beyond his current deal as he is desperate to make a quick return to the Camp Nou. Spanish media outlet, Don Balon claims the Spaniard feels his contributions to Chelsea’s success as a team has been going unnoticed by his countries authorities and if he wants to be in their thinking when they are selecting national team players, he has to be closer to home. Pedro joined Chelsea in the summer of 2015 after the Blues stole a march on Manchester United under the management of Jose Mourinho. He helped them win the Premier League last season, but he has seen his role reduced this season. His current deal expires in the summer of 2019 and he hopes to make a return to Barcelona on a free transfer at that time. He would be 32 years old then and may also struggle to break into the Barcelona first team who are doing well at the moment. Pedro has netted 6 goals and provided four assists this season and he is preparing to help the Blues knock Barcelona out of the Champions League when they face each other from Tuesday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Football\",\"Transfer news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\",\"name\":\"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"Chelsea attacker, Pedro has no plans to remain at Stamford Bridge beyond his current deal as he is desperate to make a quick return to the Camp Nou. Spanish media outlet, Don Balon claims the Spaniard feels his contributions to Chelsea’s success as a team has been going unnoticed by his countries authorities and if he wants to be in their thinking when they are selecting national team players, he has to be closer to home. Pedro joined Chelsea in the summer of 2015 after the Blues stole a march on Manchester United under the management of Jose Mourinho. He helped them win the Premier League last season, but he has seen his role reduced this season. His current deal expires in the summer of 2019 and he hopes to make a return to Barcelona on a free transfer at that time. He would be 32 years old then and may also struggle to break into the Barcelona first team who are doing well at the moment. Pedro has netted 6 goals and provided four assists this season and he is preparing to help the Blues knock Barcelona out of the Champions League when they face each other from Tuesday.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona","datePublished":"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","articleSection":["Football","Transfer news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/","name":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-19T11:18:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T00:34:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pedro-desperate-for-a-return-to-barcelona\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pedro desperate for a return to Barcelona"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pedro-matchplug-soccer-predictions-betting-tips.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29729,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/29729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}