Atletico Madrid playmaker Joao Felix has reached a verbal settlement to affix Chelsea on mortgage, in keeping with a report by the Athletic.
The Blues are anticipated to pay within the area of €11million (£9.68m) price, which is under what their La Liga counterparts initially needed, the report added.
Manchester United and Arsenal have been additionally serious about securing the Portuguese’s signature but it surely appears to be like just like the 23-year-old has his coronary heart set on Stamford Bridge.
Final month Atletico chief government Miguel Angel Gil Marin had mentioned that Felix will most likely be leaving the Spanish aspect.
“The affordable factor is to suppose he (Joao Felix) will go away,” he mentioned to TVE. “Though I’d love him to remain, that isn’t the participant’s concept.”
Felix has scored 5 targets and registered three assists in 20 appearances for the Rojiblancos. He additionally began within the latest match towards Barcelona on Sunday which his aspect suffered a slim 1-0 loss.
Chelsea, in the meantime, have been on a downfall with their newest loss coming by the hands of Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup on Sunday. This was Chelsea’s second loss to Metropolis in lower than three days, having already tasted a 1-0 defeat within the Premier League in midweek.
And this time it was a 4-0 thrashing, with out even needing Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
Metropolis’s high two gamers got a relaxation after the 1-0 win over Chelsea on Thursday but they weren’t particularly missed, with Riyad Mahrez, Julián Álvarez and Phil Foden scoring first-half targets and Mahrez including one other late on in a third-round cruise.