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Pedro agrees to join Roma on free transfer after finishing season with Chelsea

CHELSEA winger Pedro will join Roma at the end of the season.

The 32-year-old Spaniard has agreed to stay for the rest of the extended Premier League season.

Pedro will leave Chelsea at the end of the season to join Roma

But he will then be heading off to Serie A to join Paulo Fonseca’s side, according to Sky Sports.

Pedro has played just 18 times this season – with only nine of those in the Premier League – and scored twice.

Willian, Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi are all ahead of him in the pecking order under Frank Lampard when fit and available, with Ajax star Hakim Ziyech joining next season.

Pedro joined the Barca academy aged 17 and went on to play 321 matches for the first team, scoring 99 goals, before signing at Chelsea in 2015.

He won a staggering 16 major honours at the Nou Camp, including three Champions Leagues, and has added a further three trophies in West London.

The Spaniard won the Premier League in 2016/17, the FA Cup the following season and then the Europa League last year.

Meanwhile, on the international stage, Pedro has also won both the World Cup and European Championships.

He found the net 17 times in his 65 caps for the Spanish national team, with his last appearance coming in 2017.

Chelsea’s attentions will now turn to Willian, who like Pedro is also out of contract but has agreed to stay until the season finishes.

Boss Frank Lampard has confirmed the club are in talks to extend the Brazilian’s stay at the club beyond the end of the season.

The news will come as a blow to the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal who are both believed to be monitoring the winger’s situation at Stamford Bridge.

Pedro shows off the Europa League trophy in the changing room after Chelsea thumped Arsenal 4-1
Pedro celebrates after scoring the second goal in Chelsea’s easy win over Arsenal in last season’s Europa League final