Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is eager to signal Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid in a everlasting deal in the summertime, based on studies.
The information is a lift to the Spanish membership, who feared this week that Chelsea weren’t going to to make Felix’s mortgage everlasting.
It’s understood that Atletico boss Diego Simeone doesn’t view Felix as a part of his plans for subsequent season and the membership are hoping to dump him.
Their want could now come true, with Spanish outlet Relevo reporting that Boehly is eager to maintain Felix and should look to ship some gamers to Atletico as a part of a swap deal with the intention to deliver down their £70.5m asking worth.
Chelsea spent £16m to deliver Felix to Stamford Bridge in January on mortgage for the rest of the season however the Portugal worldwide has solely proven flashes of promise throughout his time within the Premier League.
Felix has began Chelsea’s final two video games on the bench and was introduced on as a second-half substitute within the 2-1 defeat to Brighton final Saturday and the 2-0 loss at dwelling to Actual Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Quizzed about Felix’s future, Atletico president Enrique Cerezo instructed El Larguero on Friday: ‘We’ll have to attend and see.
‘Chelsea is an enormous staff that may rely on him. If he comes [back], he will probably be welcome. In soccer you possibly can by no means rule out something, any shock can occur.’
Newcastle United and Manchester United may very well be different choices for Felix, who’ve each beforehand registered an curiosity within the 23-year-old ahead.
Felix has made 15 appearances for Chelsea, scoring two objectives for the west London membership.
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