Announcement coming – Chelsea deal for £40 million star ‘very close’

It has now been revealed that Chelsea midfielder Joao Felix will not be making the move to Benfica, as a deal to send the attacker to Saudi Arabia has been reported over the last 24 hours.

CHELSEA have brought in several players including Estevao from Palmeiras, Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, and Joao Pedro from Brighton as part of a total outlay of over £200m.

The club have barely sold any players this transfer window, with Djorde Petrovic making up most of that £44 million they have made from sales after he left the club to join Bournemouth.

However – there are a number of players linked with a move a move away from the club this summer, and the Blues are actually in talks to sell Joao Felix, and it was claimed that a move to Benfica was going to happen as the club were in advanced talks.

However – the Portuguese side do not want to splash the cash and It looks like Saudi are coming to rescue Chelsea again with the Blues having sold a lot of their players to clubs over there in recent seasons, as have many other clubs too mind.

Fabrizio Romano put out on his X account late last night:

“Al Nassr are in advanced talks to sign João Félix and hijack Benfica’s move!

“Understand Al Nassr have sent permanent deal proposal to CHELSEA and contract proposal to João.

“The agreement is close as final details are set to be discussed in the next 24/48h.”

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