Joao Felix reaches verbal settlement to hitch Chelsea on mortgage: Report

Atletico Madrid playmaker Joao Felix has reached a verbal settlement to hitch Chelsea on mortgage, in response to a report by the Athletic.

The Blues are anticipated to pay within the area of €11million (£9.68m) payment, which is beneath what their La Liga counterparts initially needed, the report added.

Manchester United and Arsenal had been additionally excited by securing the Portuguese’s signature nevertheless it appears to be like just like the 23-year-old has his coronary heart set on Stamford Bridge.

Last month Atletico chief govt Miguel Angel Gil Marin had stated that Felix will in all probability be leaving the Spanish aspect.

“The reasonable thing is to think he (Joao Felix) will leave,” he stated to TVE. “Although I would love him to stay, that is not the player’s idea.”

Felix has scored 5 targets and registered three assists in 20 appearances for the Rojiblancos. He additionally began within the current match towards Barcelona on Sunday which his aspect suffered a slender 1-0 loss.

Chelsea, in the meantime, have been on a downfall with their newest loss coming by the hands of Manchester City within the FA Cup on Sunday. This was Chelsea’s second loss to City 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.

City’s prime 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.