Portuguese footballer João Felix will play for Chelsea, ranked 10th in the English Football League, until the end of the season on loan from Atlético Madrid, the clubs announced on Wednesday.
“Atletico Madrid and Chelsea have reached an agreement on the transfer of João Felix before the end of this season. In addition, the Portuguese striker has extended his contract with our club for another season, until June 2027,” the message says. Spanish club website
The 23-year-old striker will play for the Blues until the end of the season, expanding manager Graham Potter’s options for the remainder of the season.
Chelsea are one of the greatest clubs in the world and I look forward to helping the team achieve their goals so I am very, very happy to be here and very excited to play at Stamford Bridge.
Eliminated from the Champions League (and European competition) in the group stage, in a “pool” that included qualified Porto, Atlético continue the irregular La Liga, finishing in fifth place with 27 points, already 14 from leaders Barcelona .
On the Londoners side, things aren’t much better, as the 2020/21 European champions sit 10th in the Premier League, already 10 points away from the Champions places they qualified for the Round of 16 this season.
Coach Graham Potter is getting a second “reinforcement” for the offensive front, in addition to 20-year-old David Datro Fofana joining Felix with Pulisic, Havertz, Aubameyang and Sterling.
Felix has played 20 games this year and scored five goals for the colchoneros in yet another irregular season since he left Benfica in 2019 with a total of 131 appearances (34 goals) for the Madrid side.
After scoring 20 goals in 34 games for “incarnated”, the striker left for Spain for 120 million euros, a record transfer in national football, but a fragmented relationship with Argentine coach Diego Simeone and at times instability at exhibitions, took them on loan.
The 2019 Golden Boy has already won the national championships of Portugal and Spain, as well as the League of Nations for Portugal, having played 28 matches for AA and scoring four goals, recently scoring a goal at the 2022 World Cup. , played in Qatar.
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