{"id":655754,"date":"2025-06-16T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=655754"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:18:33","slug":"newcastle-encouraged-joao-pedro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/16\/newcastle-encouraged-joao-pedro\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Encouraged in Pursuit of Versatile Forward – Eddie Howe is a Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle finished fifth in the Premier League, qualifying for the 2025\/26 Champions League. The club enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 campaign, winning the Carabao Cup. As with many clubs, transfer activity is beginning to heat up, and according to <\/span>The Telegraph<\/span><\/a>, Newcastle have been encouraged in their pursuit of Joao Pedro from Brighton, with<\/span> the Geordies<\/span><\/a> looking to negotiate a price with Brighton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newcastle Encouraged in Pursuit of Joao Pedro<\/h2>\n

Eddie Howe Interest Driving Pursuit<\/h3>\n

The report from the Telegraph confirms that Newcastle are set to open formal talks with Brighton over the signing of Brazilian attacker Joao Pedro. <\/span>Telegraph Sport<\/span><\/a> had previously revealed the club were prepared to step up their interest since missing out on Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the latest report, Newcastle value the Brazilian at \u00a360 million. <\/span>While there is still some work <\/span>needed<\/span> before a deal is completed, <\/span>confidence is growing that an agreement can be reached.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brighton have recently added Greek youngster Charalampos Kostoulas, which could help Newcastle in their pursuit. <\/span>The Geordies will need to act quickly <\/span>with<\/span> other Premier League teams <\/span>interested,<\/span> such as Chelsea.<\/span> Eddie Howe is also said to be a huge fan of Pedro and was close to signing the Brazilian before Newcastle signed Alexander Isak in a club-record \u00a363 million deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Joao Pedro Brings to Newcastle<\/h3>\n

Pedro scored 10 goals in 27 Premier League games with six assists, making him a vital part of the Brighton side last season. He adds versatility to any attack he plays in, possessing the ability to play as the main striker or in a slightly withdrawn role.<\/p>\n

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He’s excellent at picking up pockets of space, whether linking up with his teammates or creating space for himself. He is also adept at pressing from the front and forcing opposition players into mistakes. He would clearly be a great addition to Eddie Howe\u2019s men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newcastle finished fifth in the Premier League, qualifying for the 2025\/26 Champions League. The club enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 campaign, winning the Carabao Cup. As with many clubs, transfer activity is beginning to heat up, and according to The Telegraph, Newcastle have been encouraged in their pursuit of Joao Pedro from Brighton, with the Geordies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":649360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1265,1267,30,7188],"tags":[9331,2995,9707],"class_list":["post-655754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-newcastle-united","category-news","category-rumours","tag-brighton-transfer-rumours","tag-joao-pedro","tag-newcastle-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655757,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655754\/revisions\/655757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}