The Chelsea Hijackers

Chelsea hijacked Manchester United's deal for Barcelona forward Pedro and he became the latest player to be pinched by Chelsea after Jose Mourinho made a personal intervention to beat Louis van Gaal to the £21.1million signing.

Here are Six signings that look familiar to the Pedro deal.

WILLIAN TO TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

It was August 2013 when Chelsea hijacked Tottenham's swoop for Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala, leaving those at White Hart Lane outraged.

Tottenham were fuming after Chelsea's owner, Abramovich, personally phoned his fellow Russian oligarch, Suleyman Kerimov, the Anzhi owner.

Tottenham had already seen off competition from Liverpool for Willian, who even had a medical at Spurs training ground. They thought they had their £30m target, but he joined Chelsea instead.

JOHN OBI MIKEL TO MANCHESTER UNITED

Mikel signed documents to leave Lyn Oslo in April 2005, and Manchester United even announced that they had struck a deal to sign the then-18-year-old on their official website.

Agents were by passed as the club wanted to deal directly with the player. That proved to be a mistake as, when they expected him to join in January 2006, he never arrived, despite wearing a Manchester United shirt during a hastily-arranged press conference previously.

Mikel felt he was pressured into signing without his agent present, and said in an interview that Chelsea were the club he genuinely wanted to join. 

A dispute over the transfer ended with Mikel penning a deal with Chelsea, who paid compensation to Lyn and United.

MOHAMMED SALAH TO LIVERPOOL

Salah was being tracked by clubs in England with Liverpool the likeliest destination. They were in talks with Basle but took too long to finalise the move.

Chelsea got involved, and wasted no time. Ian Ayre was quoted as saying 'you win some and lose some', but Salah's agent Sascha Empacher claimed Liverpool's indecisiveness cost them.

ARJEN ROBBEN TO MANCHESTER UNITED

Robben travelled to London and met with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 2003, but their £5m offer was too low for PSV's liking.

PSV president Harry van Raaij even told Sir Alex that it would only afford him Robben's shirt with an autograph. 'For that money they can get a shirt from Robben with his signature on it, nothing more,' he said. 'I will not tell you what cards I have but that figure is a laugh.'

Well, it was Chelsea who held all the cards. Abramovich immediately offered £12.1m, and it was accepted. Robben joined Chelsea, and won back-to-back titles.

'It was a long and fair negotiation with Liverpool, but it lasted two-and-a-half months - too long,' Empacher said. 'Both clubs could not agree on terms. When Chelsea contacted Basle, he was happy and took his chance. It was no financial matter.'

PETR CECH TO ARSENAL

He ended up being an Arsenal player , but Cech could have joined Gooners even before he moved to Chelsea.

Wenger passed up the opportunity to sign him in 2002 with scouts put off by the at Sparta Prague goalkeeper not qualifying for a work permit. He ended up signing for French side Rennes.

Then, in 2004, Arsenal tried to right their wrong by signing Cech. They failed, but Chelsea didn't.

While some of the signings above can be classified as a coup, Mohammed Salah's deal in particular wasn't..he became a fringe player despite coming from a team where he had a major influence..Chelsea's big wigs would pray Pedro's deal doesn't end in such way.

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