Benfica have reportedly opened talks with Atletico Madrid a few shock deal to take again Joao Felix 5 years after they offered him – for a slither of the worth.
Felix grew to become the fourth-most costly participant in historical past in July 2019 when Benfica offered him to Atletico for £114million.
5 seasons, two mortgage spells, and one big fall-out with Atletico boss Diego Simeone later, and Benfica need him again for a comparatively piddling £12.7m.
That is based on Spanish outlet Sport, who report that Atletico are holding out for a charge above £21m.
As a part of the deal, Benfica would buy 50 per cent of the participant’s rights, which means Atletico could be entitled to half of the longer term charge in the event that they promote him on.
Benfica are reportedly attempting to re-sign Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid for £12.7million
The Portuguese giants offered Felix to Atletico in 2019 for £114m, the fourth-highest charge ever
Felix has struggled to go away a constructive impression at Atletico and has been despatched on mortgage twice
The prime challenge for Benfica is his £6.7m per 12 months wage, which might make him their third-highest earner after Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat, based on Capology.
Promoting defender Antonio Silva, 20, would assist. Manchester United, Chelsea, and Newcastle have all been linked with the centre-back, whose wayward move led to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s opening objective within the 2-0 defeat by Georgia final week.
Atletico would probably want the next charge contemplating the sum they forked out for him however it’s the greatest proposal they’ve had for a while, Sport experiences.
Felix, little question an immense expertise, has been marred by inconsistency and a quarrel with Simeone in his 5 years on Atletico’s books.
In 2022-23 he went on an unfruitful mortgage to Chelsea and he was at Barcelona final season, the place he finally fared a bit higher.
It was not at all times a easy journey however Felix finally ended up on 10 targets and 6 assists, a decent haul.
Barcelona had been hoping to maintain maintain of him and fellow loanee Joao Cancelo.
‘We wish them to proceed. Deco is working to make sure that they proceed one other season within the present situations,’ membership chief Joan Laporta stated on the President’s Podcast on Barca One.
Supervisor Diego Simeone has not been impressed along with his angle and even banished him to coach with the academy final summer time
The 24-year-old had barely higher kind at Barca this season however blew cold and warm
‘[Hansi] Flick considers that they’re high-quality gamers and when he coached Bayern he already tried to include Joao Felix. I feel that Felix might have carried out higher as a result of he has extraordinary high quality.’
Fabrizio Romano tweeted that Barca knowledgeable agent Jorge Mendes of their intention to maintain the 2 gamers.
He added: ‘Laporta and Deco agree on the plan, Hansi Flick already gave his inexperienced gentle. Concrete talks with Atletico and Man Metropolis are but to start out however each gamers need to keep.’
Nonetheless, Barcelona’s monetary restrictions imply they might face a problem to fund conserving each completely.
At Atletico, Simeone has by no means been a lot of a fan of Felix’s angle on and of the ball.
Final summer time he was noticed coaching with Atletico’s youth crew and the 2 have been frosty when given the prospect to publicly focus on one another.
To date at Euro 2024, he has performed as soon as for Portugal: within the loss to Georgia.
