Former Blues star Glen Johnson has questioned whether Joao Pedro was consistent enough to be Chelsea’s long-term first-choice striker, and suggested that a more consistent striker is needed for the club to win that Premier League.
Joao Pedro was Chelsea’s most expensive signing at £60m last summer, but a further £200m was spent on key additions Jamie Gittens, Alejandro Garnacho, Estevao Willian, Jorrel Hato and Liam Delap.
Those arrivals helped CHELSEA win the Conference League last season and lift the Club World Cup trophy over the summer, beating Champions League holders PSG in the final.
However – The £60m summer signing of Pedro has scored seven goals in all competitions so far this season after bagging 30 in 70 games for his former club Brighton, and has struggled to find the net on a regular basis.
And now Johnson has opened up and claimed that he is not sure that Pedro can lead the Blues back to the Premier League title: ‘On his day, I think Joao Pedro can be the striker that Chelsea requires,’ Johnson said. ‘But I’m just not sure his day comes often enough.
‘If you want to be the number nine for a club like CHELSEA, you have to perform week in week out, and Pedro doesn’t seem capable of this at the moment.
‘I think he is a fantastic player, but we need to see consistency in his form.
‘Chelsea are looking to win the league, that is their target, and if Pedro wants to be the striker who leads them there, he will need to demonstrate his ability much more often.’
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