Chelsea star Pedro reveals he had summer talks with Barcelona, but is now happy playing for the Blues

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Chelsea's tricky forward Pedro has revealed a return to former club Barcelona in the summer transfer window was on the cards.

The Spaniard opened the scoring recently when Chelsea ran riot over Premier League rivals Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, with a clever passage of play which caught the sleeping Red Devils off guard.

But the World Cup winner wouldn't have featuring at all, had his proposed summer move to Barca materialised.

The forward opened the scoring recently as the Blues ran riot against Manchester United

Pedro has revealed he spoke with the president of the Spanish giants, Josep Maria Bartomeu, about linking up with his former employers.

'I talked with Bartomeu,' Pedro told Catalan radio station RAC-1. 

'It is difficult to return somewhere, but you always have memories of a spell with a club.'

After making the move to Stamford Bridge Pedro soon found his game time limited under the then first team manager Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is giving Pedro game time and it now looks to be paying off

Eden Hazard, Oscar and Willian were all ahead of the Spaniard during Mourinho's reign, with the Portuguese manager often opting to bring on youngster Kenedy before three times Champions League winner Pedro. 

Despite this Pedro maintains the relationship between himself and former boss Mourinho always remained professional, and his opinion of the former Real Madrid manager changed positively when he arrived at the club.

'My opinion of Mourinho changed when he became my coach,' said Pedro.

'He was always clear and correct to me.'

Now under new manager Antonio Conte Pedro is enjoying a revitalised period in his Chelsea career and is getting both game time and goals.

The forward won an endless list of honours in Spain, including three Champions Leagues

This was evidenced when the former Barca man escaped the watch of the United defence last weekend, to round goalkeeper David de Gea and put Chelsea up within the opening minute. 

'I am happy with the playing time I am getting now,' Pedro said.

'It is always good to play your part and help the team with goals whenever possible. I am feeling well physically.'