Chelsea might be one of the biggest clubs in England, however, they were beaten in a transfer race by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Wolves won the race to sign Brazilian star Pedro Lima and taunted their Premier League rivals Chelsea in a video announcing the arrival of young Brazilian.
Pedro Lima, who Chelsea also targeted, has signed a five-year deal at Molineux with an option of a further year.
Wolves posted a video on X to confirm Lima’s arrival in which the viewer steps into ‘agent’ Matheus Cunha’s office and watches him finalise the transfer while laughing at a story suggesting Chelsea had already agreed a deal.
Wolverhampton Wanderers unveil new signing Pedro Lima at Molineux (Photo by Jack Thomas – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images)
Pedro Lima then enters the room and signs his new contract with Wolves, who have said they are ‘really happy’ to welcome him to Molineux.
Wolves sporting director Matt Hobbs said in a statement: ‘I’m really happy we’ve been able to add Pedro to the first-team squad.
‘There was lots of competition for him, but we’ve been working on bringing him to Wolves for a while now, and he’s fully invested in our project.
‘He’s a person with huge ambition, but Gary and the coaches know where he wants to get to and they will be working with him – like they do all our players – to be better and improve.
‘He has a massive desire to be the best player he can be and we’re going to help him meet his goals.
‘Through his attitude, through his work on the pitch, his work in the gym and the way he looks after himself, I expect him to be really competitive and push the players who might be ahead of him at the moment, but in Nelson, I think there’s no better right-back for him to learn from.’
Wolves spent around £8.5m to sign the highly-rated teenager who made 26 appearances for Palmeiras in his first senior season.
Lima impressed for Brazil’s youth team at last year’s U17 World Cup, featuring in all five of the country’s games.
He becomes Wolves’ fourth signing of the summer following Tommy Doyle’s loan from Manchester City becoming permanent and the acquisitions of Portuguese winger Rodrigo Gomes and Norwegian striker Jorgen Strand Larsen.
