Chelsea's Joao Pedro labels traditional strikers 'a thing of the past'

Versatile Chelsea and Brazil forward Joao Pedro believes football has 'evolved' from a fixed number nine

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00:00I'm a 9 more versatile, I'm not the 9 that stays in the area.

00:04I like to have freedom to play.

00:07I think that's my style of game.

00:10I always try to be very active in the field,

00:13not only waiting for the last pass, the last shoot for the goal,

00:17but also helping the team create plays and also finalize.

00:24But, as you follow me a lot, I also can play as a 10,

00:31but I also have this goal.

00:33So I think this for European football is very important.

00:39You can see that today in Europe we don't have a 9 fix.

00:42I believe that this went back.

00:45I think the football has evolved, the players too.