Current experiences from SPORT reveal that Joao Felix’s agent proposed a mortgage deal to Barcelona in the course of the January switch window.
Nevertheless, the Catalan membership turned down the chance because of their lack of room inside the wage invoice and in consequence, the Portuguese ahead ended up at AC Milan as a substitute.
Felix’s reference to Barcelona has at all times been sturdy. The attacker has lengthy admired the membership’s fashion of play, which he believes enhances his footballing method. His want to succeed at Barça has by no means been a secret.
Even throughout his time at Atletico Madrid, Felix pushed for a transfer to the Catalan giants, making daring statements to drive a mortgage deal.
Though he spent a brief stint at Chelsea, Felix hoped for a everlasting transfer to Barcelona however needed to settle elsewhere when the chance didn’t materialise.
Barcelona had been in search of a winger
Joao Felix provided himself to Barcelona in January. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
As Barcelona looked for an attacking reinforcement within the remaining weeks of the switch window, each supervisor Hansi Flick and sporting director Deco prioritised signing a flexible ahead who may function each as a winger and centre-forward.
Their main goal was Marcus Rashford. Nevertheless, the Englishman’s mortgage transfer fell via as a result of Barcelona couldn’t offload gamers to liberate wage area. Rashford finally joined Aston Villa as a substitute.
Flick is thought to carry Felix in excessive regard. Throughout his tenure at Bayern Munich, he explored signing the Portuguese ahead, however monetary constraints prevented the deal.
Though Flick authorized Felix’s potential return to Barcelona below the proper monetary situations, the transfer by no means grew to become a precedence for the supervisor or the membership.
In the end, Felix accepted AC Milan’s provide, motivated by the possibility to showcase his skills. The presence of a Portuguese coach on the Italian membership additionally performed a task in his resolution.
With a six-month spell at Milan forward, Felix’s future stays unsure as Chelsea put together to promote him in the summertime. Whether or not Barcelona will revisit their curiosity within the gifted ahead stays to be seen.