Joao Pedro aiming to save the Tigers
Joao Pedro pointing while playing for Hull City
Image source,Rex Features
Published
24 April 2025
Joao Pedro hopes he can save Hull City from the drop in the final two games of the season.
The Tigers sit two places and two points ahead of the drop zone ahead of the visit of Derby, one place below, to the MKM Stadium on Saturday (15:00 BST), with a trip to Portsmouth to follow on 3 May.
The 33-year-old Brazilian has scored just six goals in 33 appearances since arriving in August after spending last season on loan at Turkish side Fenerbahce from Gremio in his homeland, but hopes to finish the campaign on a high.
Speaking through an interpreter, the former Cagliari forward told BBC Radio Humberside: “I am happy, even if the season could be more productive.
“I found a club which is well organised, this league is tough but the fans are excellent, they are passionate and they support the team.
“This is exactly what I needed – a team that would enable me to put fire in my game and play beautiful football.
“The two previous seasons in Turkey and Brazil were tough – I needed this, the love to play football again.”
The last of his six goals came at Bristol City on 8 March, arriving moments before he was sent-off for violent conduct and banned for three games.Joao Pedro hopes he can save Hull City from the drop in the final two games of the season.
The Tigers sit two places and two points ahead of the drop zone ahead of the visit of Derby, one place below, to the MKM Stadium on Saturday (15:00 BST), with a trip to Portsmouth to follow on 3 May.
The 33-year-old Brazilian has scored just six goals in 33 appearances since arriving in August after spending last season on loan at Turkish side Fenerbahce from Gremio in his homeland, but hopes to finish the campaign on a high.
Speaking through an interpreter, the former Cagliari forward told BBC Radio Humberside: “I am happy, even if the season could be more productive.
