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Barcelona's Spain forward Pedro has revealed the La Liga champions have received offers for him after agreeing to reduce the size of his buyout clause amid reports he is poised to join English champions Chelsea.
A World Cup and European Championship winner with La Roja, Pedro, 27, lost his place in the Barca starting lineup following the arrival of Uruguay striker Luis Suarez last year.
Barca coach Luis Enrique used Pedro mainly as a substitute last term and he came on in the Champions League final to set up Neymar to score the third goal in a 3-1 victory over Juventus.
Chelsea are keen to sign the youth academy product, who has retained his place in the Spain squad, and are prepared to pay the new buyout fee of £22m, according to reports in Spain.
Pedro was quoted as saying on Monday he was in "a difficult situation" but added he had not spoken to Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho and was looking forward to starting pre-season training with his Barca team mates on Wednesday.
"I did not talk to Mourinho," Pedro said on Monday. "That would have been disrespectful to Barcelona.
"It is true that it was agreed to lower the buy-out clause and it is also true that there are offers.
"It is a difficult situation. You want more minutes, more options, to be at the forefront of things but things are getting more difficult for me.
"It's a dream playing for Barcelona. I have won many titles and this fills me with satisfaction and joy, but you have to have the ambition to keep improving and play regularly.
"I wish I could stay at Barca but it is a very demanding club. It's hard at the top level, so we'll see what happens.
"But obviously one is happier when one can play."
