Barcelona's Pedro snubs Man United for Fabregas reunion at Chelsea

Barcelona's forward Pedro Rodriguez (right) vies with Athletic Bilbao's midfielder Oscar de Marcos during their Spanish Super Cup second-leg match at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona on August 17, 2015. PHOTO | JOSEP LAGO |

What you need to know:

  • Pedro scored the winning goal for Barcelona in last week's dramatic 5-4 extra-time defeat of Sevilla in the Uefa Super Cup in Tbilisi.

LONDON

Premier League champions Chelsea have pipped Manchester United to the signing of Spain winger Pedro Rodriguez from Barcelona, according to British press reports on Wednesday.

The BBC reported that Chelsea had agreed a fee of £21 million (29.8m euros, $32.9m) with the reigning European champions and that the 28-year-old was on a flight to London to finalise the terms of the transfer.

If completed, the deal will bring an end to a summer-long transfer saga surrounding Pedro, who had been linked to Manchester City as well as United, although it was the Old Trafford club who appeared most likely to sign him.

Pedro scored the winning goal for Barcelona in last week's dramatic 5-4 extra-time defeat of Sevilla in the Uefa Super Cup in Tbilisi.

However, he has fallen down the pecking order at the Camp Nou under Luis Enrique, who has preferred the all-star front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez and has used the Canary-Islands born player more sparingly.