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Report: Chelsea make decision on future of club’s rumoured £70m transfer target

12 February 2026 at 15:13

Chelsea are reportedly ready to keep on backing Pedro Neto and don’t want to sell him despite transfer rumours linking him with Atletico Madrid.

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The Portugal international has had a slightly mixed spell since his arrival at Stamford Bridge, and this has led to some uncertainty over his future ahead of the summer.

Still, it seems Chelsea sources have played down any talk of a possible sale despite links with a £70m move to Atletico, according to TEAMtalk.

The report suggests Blues figures are happy with Neto, and we can perhaps ignore any claims about him being moved on for the time being.

What kind of impact has Pedro Neto had at Chelsea?

Pedro Neto of Chelsea reacts during the game against Wolves (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

Neto looked like an exciting talent during his time at former club Wolves, but one imagines he’s divided opinion among Chelsea supporters.

The 25-year-old has seven goals and four assists in 37 games in all competitions so far this season, which is not awful but also not particularly spectacular.

CFC could perhaps be forgiven for expecting a bit more from Neto, though perhaps the numbers don’t tell the whole story.

Even if Neto could do with some work on his end-product, he’s a pacey and skilful threat out wide, and a lot of the time his mere presence will surely contribute to making space for others.

Chelsea’s options in attack

It’s also worth noting that it’s not always easy to shine at Chelsea due to so many changes to the squad all the time.

Not only do the west Londoners have to rotate a lot to keep everyone happy, but they also keep on moving players in and out due to the nature of their transfer strategy.

It seems Neto is one of the players who remains safe at Chelsea for now, but it’ll be harder for him and others to build up that kind of fluency required if the personnel keep changing.

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“Not a big club” – Postecoglou slams Spurs, claims club blocked him signing Man Utd & Chelsea stars

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By:Mark Brus

12 February 2026 at 14:25

Former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has aimed a brutal dig at his old club whilst revealing some signings he wasn’t given during his time in charge.

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Speaking on this week’s episode of The Overlap, the Australian tactician did not hold back as he insisted Spurs are not a big club.

Watch below as Postecoglou explained how he felt Tottenham needed proven Premier League players like Bryan Mbeumo, Pedro Neto, Antoine Semenyo, and Marc Guehi, but the club wouldn’t deliver them due to restrictions on the wages they could offer…

"They're not a big club!" ?

Ange Postecoglou gives his verdict on Spurs’ current situation after the sacking of Thomas Frank! ? pic.twitter.com/5SpXGhAKpI

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Postecoglou has clearly been left unimpressed by Tottenham, hitting out at their club motto “to dare is to do” when they behave in almost the complete opposite way.

Ange Postecoglou aims dig at Tottenham over transfer policy

“What are they trying to do? They’ve built an unbelievable stadium, unbelievable training facilities, but when you look at the expenditure, particularly in the wages structure, they’re not a big club,” the 60-year-old said.

Ange Postecoglou reacts during Tottenham vs Brighton (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

“I saw that, because when we were trying to sign players, we weren’t in the market for those players.

“There’s certain players that we … I mean, at the end of my first year when we finished fifth, for me, okay, how do you go from fifth to really challenging? Well, we had to sign Premier League ready players.

“But finishing fifth that year didn’t get us in the Champions League, so we ended up signing Dom Solanke, who was, absolutely I was really keen, I really like him, and three teenagers.

“I was looking at Pedro Neto, and Mbeumo, and Semenyo. Marc Guehi. If we’re going to go from fifth to there, that’s what the other big clubs would do in that moment.”

He added: “You know, when you walk into Tottenham, what you see everywhere is ‘to dare is to do’ – it’s everywhere. And yet their actions are almost the antithesis of that.”

Ange Postecoglou’s mixed record at Tottenham

THFC fans will likely have mixed memories of Postecoglou’s reign, as he failed to build on a promising start in north London.

Despite playing some ambitious and attack-minded football at times, Postecoglou’s Spurs side seemed tactically naive a lot of the time, and they went from fifth to 17th in the table in the space of one year.