Spaniards informs Chelsea attacker can join for £51.2 Million

Atletico Madrid are holding out for a fee of around of around €60 million (£51.2m) from Chelsea for Portuguese striker Joao Felix, who has been linked with a stunning move back to Stamford Bridge.

The Portuguese 24-year-old, who spent six months on loan at the club in 2023, is said to be willing to return to Stamford Bridge and take a pay cut in order to push the move through.

However, while we have not made an official offer thus far, reports from Spanish publication Marca suggest that there is a sizeable gap in both club’s valuation of the forward.

The Spanish club are keen to recoup more of the €126m fee they paid for Joao Felix in 2019 and will demand around €60m for the striker.

The news comes after Pundit Darren Bent claimed that believes that  fans are right to be skeptical about a move for ‘talented’ star – asked if Chelsea’s fans will be excited or worried by the amount of transfer activity, Bent told Drive: “A little bit of both.

“I think with Pedro Neto, fans will think ‘yes!’. With Joao Felix, his debut last time was against Fulham and he got sent off but he looked really good before that.

“I like Joao Felix, I think he’s such a talented footballer but for whatever reason, there always seems to be something missing.

“But I watched him in the Euros against Georgia and he had some nice touches but when you need to score a goal or create something, it’s not there.

“CHELSEA fans will be looking at it and thinking, ‘do we really want him back?’

“Who would you rather play as number 10, him or Cole Palmer? It’s not even close.”

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