Chelsea forward, Joao Pedro, has brushed aside suggestions of a rivalry with teammate Liam Delap over the club’s iconic No. 9 shirt.
Pedro, who joined the Blues from Brighton in July for £60 million during the Club World Cup, made an instant impact by scoring in the final against PSG.
Since then, the 23-year-old has been in red-hot form, netting five goals in his last five outings, including braces against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan.
Speaking to the club’s website after both he and Delap were on the scoresheet in Chelsea’s 4-1 victory over Milan at Stamford Bridge, Pedro stressed that their relationship is built on mutual support rather than competition.
“Like I said when I came, Chelsea have a brilliant team, a young team, so it makes it easy for me to come and do my best with them,” he said.
“I don’t want to say competition, I think it is very good for Chelsea to have two strikers of a very good level. Last game he (Delap) did not score, today he scored two goals. I am very happy for him.”
Chelsea kick off their Premier League campaign on Sunday, welcoming Crystal Palace to Stamford Bridge.
