Why Joao Pedro is not playing for Brighton against Ipswich

Brighton were forced to marque a important alteration for their Premier League crippled against Ipswich with Joao Pedro unavailable.

The 22-year-old has made an fantabulous commencement to the caller season, scoring 2 goals successful 3 games, and had been rewarded with a call-up to the Brazil squad.

Pedro played the 2nd fractional of Brazil’s midweek decision against Paraguay and Brighton brag Fabian Hurzeler had been optimistic that his No.9 would beryllium capable to feature against the Tractor Boys having arrived backmost precocious from planetary duty.

He said: ‘I deliberation we person a large aesculapian section who volition bash everything for the regeneration of the players.

‘Also the players themselves, they are nonrecreational capable to cognize what they person to bash to beryllium afloat recovered for Saturday.

‘Of course, they can’t bid contiguous with the squad but they volition beryllium backmost connected the grooming ground.

‘Then it is astir giving them a bully betterment and hopefully, they tin bid time and past of people they are portion of the squad.’

The erstwhile Watford star, however, is reported to person picked up a sound and was not adjacent named among the substitutes with grounds signing Georginio Rutter handed a archetypal start.

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