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La Liga giants Barcelona have been made aware that it will require a monstrous offer to pry João Pedro away from Chelsea this summer.
This comes as the brass at Stamford Bridge prepare to put a wall up around their star goalscorer.
Frontman Pedro has of course dominated the headlines in the Spanish media across the week to date.
With a deal for chief centre-forward transfer target Julián Alvarez looking increasingly complicated, Barcelona have shifted full focus towards the former Watford talent.
Blaugrana sporting director Deco is understood to have gone as far as to [travel to London](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/deco-viaja-londres-reunirse-agentes-130268614) for negotiations with Pedro’s representatives.
If the latest update on the situation to have surfaced on Friday is anything to go by, however, then the Spanish champions could yet be scared off their pursuit of the Brazilian, too…
As per a report from journalist Ferran Martinez of Mundo Deportivo:
‘Chelsea considers him their best current player, and from João Pedro’s camp, they see it as difficult for him to leave for less than €100M.’
> El Chelsea lo considera su mejor jugador actual y desde el entorno de Joao Pedro ven difícil que lo dejen salir por menos de 100M€
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> Desde el Barça se sondeó la opción Joao a mediados de abril para conocer su situación y predisposición y se deben retomar contactos tras la FA Cup [https://t.co/k3AXor0ZL1](https://t.co/k3AXor0ZL1)