Chelsea make decision on selling £45m forward ahead of transfer deadline

Chelsea volition lone authorisation the departure of Joao Felix if it is simply a imperishable merchantability oregon a indebtedness with an work to buy, according to reports.

Joao Felix was 1 of Chelsea’s astir costly signings past summer, with the Portuguese guardant returned to Stamford Bridge for £45 cardinal from Atletico Madrid having spent six months connected indebtedness astatine Chelsea successful 2023.

However, the 25-year-old has flattered to deceive this play and has recovered regular minutes successful the Premier League hard to travel by nether caller brag Enzo Maresca.

Joao Felix has started conscionable 3 of Chelsea’s 23 league fixtures truthful acold this campaign, with Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Jadon Sancho and Pedro Neto each seemingly up of him successful the pecking order.

And contempt having a seven-year declaration with Chelsea, Joao Felix’s frustrations implicit his deficiency of minutes has led him to propulsion for a precocious exit earlier January’s transportation deadline.

AC Milan and Aston Villa are 2 clubs funny successful trying to onslaught a woody but, according to Italian writer Gianluca Di Marzio, Chelsea volition lone see a imperishable exit for Joao Felix and are not funny successful a indebtedness woody without an work to buy.

Milan person already signed Kyle Walker from the Premier League this model connected loan, though that woody with Manchester City lone included an enactment to buy.

The Serie A side, who are besides looking astatine Feyenoord guardant Santiago Gimenez, person truthful acold lone projected a consecutive indebtedness woody for Joao Felix.

Villa, meanwhile, are enjoying a hectic extremity to the model pursuing Jhon Duran’s big-money departure to Saudi Arabian broadside Al-Nassr.

Unai Emery’s broadside are already poised to complete the indebtedness signings of Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain respecitvely.

Despite those impending deals, the Midlands nine inactive support a tendency to motion Joao Felix, but further reports suggest that an statement implicit a interest is proving complicated.

Villa were also funny successful a indebtedness woody for Blues defender Axel Disasi but advancement connected that woody has besides stalled successful caller days.

Speaking earlier successful the week, Villa’s president of shot operations Monchi confirmed the club’s involvement successful a woody for Joao Felix.

‘Emery likes him, due to the fact that successful the 3 transportation markets I person been in, the 4th with this one, helium has ever been mentioned and has been a tiny entity of tendency for Emery,’ helium told Spanish publication AS.

‘But it is analyzable and I don’t cognize if we volition beryllium capable to bash it.

‘He is simply a subordinate with a batch of prime and Emery has been capable to retrieve players who were considered mislaid successful his past arsenic a coach. He trusts successful Joao’s talent.’

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