Atletico Madrid playmaker Joao Felix has entered right into a verbal settlement to affix Chelsea on mortgage, in keeping with a report in The Athletic.
The report states that the Blues are anticipated to pay within the area of €11 million (£9.68m) a payment, which is lower than their La Liga counterparts.
Manchester United and Arsenal have been additionally focused on securing the Portuguese’s signature, but it surely seems the 23-year-old has his coronary heart set on Stamford Bridge.
Last month, Atletico chief govt Miguel Angel Gil Marin stated Felix would possible depart the Spanish facet.
“The reasonable thing to think is that he (Joao Felix) will leave,” he advised TVE. “Although I would love him to stay, it is not the player’s idea.”
Felix has scored 5 objectives and recorded three assists in 20 appearances for the Rosiblancos. He additionally began within the latest match towards Barcelona on Sunday, which his staff misplaced 1-0.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have been on a hunch with their newest defeat by the hands of Manchester City within the FA Cup on Sunday. It was Chelsea’s second defeat at City in lower than three days, having already tasted a 1-0 defeat within the Premier League in midweek.
And this time it was an emphatic 4-0 thrashing, even Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne weren’t wanted.
City’s high two gamers have been rested after a 1–0 win over Chelsea on Thursday, but didn’t miss notably, with Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden scoring first-half objectives and Mahrez netting within the third. Another late addition within the spherical cruise.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
