Chelsea FC and Atlético Madrid have joined forces, according to a report by “The Athletic“Agreed on a loan transfer from the Portuguese João Félix (23), with the Londoners apparently doing better financially than initially thought. With the deal, the winter expenses are still at a level that was surpassed at Stamford Bridge only once in a January transfer period.
The clubs have yet to sign anything, the report says, which assumes Chelsea will have to pay a loan fee of around €11m. That would be at least 4 million euros less that Atlético would get for the remaining half series for João Félix than was previously rumored. The Blues are currently in a disappointing eleventh place in the championship and have been eliminated from both domestic cup competitions. BVB are waiting in the round of 16 of the Champions League in February.
The sportingly ailing Premier League club had already invested 62.5 million euros in the previous winter transfer window and signed Benoît Badiashile (21, Monaco), Andrey Santos (18, Vasco da Gama) and David Datro Fofana (20, Molde) ( to all transfers of the season). Another €11m for João Félix would take the spending to almost €75m. Only in January 2011, when Fernando Torres and David Luiz were brought in, did they spend more than €83m in a winter transfer window. Overall, no club in history invested as much in winter as Chelsea.
New role at Chelsea: João Félix should leave Havertz space
Chelsea coach Graham Potter’s idea of joão Félix was discussed a few weeks ago. According to a report, the attacker should not act in his usual role as a hanging point in London, but act as a left winger who can sometimes come over the right, while DFB player Kai Havertz (23) should become a permanent solution in the storm center.
The extent to which a purchase option or obligation is being considered in the lending business has not yet been specified. The newspaper “Guardians“ assumes that no purchase option was agreed. Atlético made João Félix the tenth footballer to break the 100 million mark in 2019 with a transfer fee of 127.2 million euros. However, one does not expect to recover the amount transferred to Benfica Lisbon at the time.
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