Super-agent jets into London to force deadline-day move for Chelsea star

Super-agent Jorge Mendes has flown into London to unafraid Joao Felix a indebtedness determination from Chelsea to AC Milan earlier today’s January transportation deadline.

Felix rejoined Chelsea connected a imperishable ground from Atletico Madrid past summer, pursuing an underwhelming indebtedness spell successful 2023, successful a woody worthy astir £42million.

But erstwhile again, Felix has struggled to conscionable expectations and the 25-year-old’s aboriginal has been the taxable of aggravated speculation this month, contempt his 2nd Chelsea stint lone being successful its infancy.

Aston Villa person been keeping adjacent tabs connected Felix’s concern and the club’s president of shot operations, Monchi, confirmed their interest towards the extremity of past week.

But Unai Emery’s broadside past nighttime unveiled the indebtedness signing of Marcus Rashford and PSG guardant Marco Asensio is expected to travel the Manchester United outcast to Villa Park successful the coming hours.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Villa person dropped their pursuit of Felix arsenic a effect and the Portugal planetary present has his bosom acceptable connected joining AC Milan connected a impermanent basis.

It’s claimed Felix is actively pushing for a ‘change of scenery’ distant from Stamford Bridge and ‘wants to deterioration the garment of Milan’, wherever helium feels helium could resurrect his stuttering vocation successful the 2nd fractional of the season.

The study claims shot cause Mendes jetted from Turin to London connected Sunday nighttime to talk with Chelsea implicit a projected indebtedness determination for Felix and Milan present represents ‘only imaginable destination’ for the attacking midfielder.

However, Felix’s wage demands whitethorn beryllium a sticking point, with Milan unwilling to screen the player’s full wage implicit the adjacent six months. The Blues, meanwhile, are insisting connected a indebtedness with an work to bargain oregon a imperishable sale.

Felix has made conscionable 3 league starts nether Enzo Maresca since returning to westbound London past summer, registering lone 1 extremity and an assistance successful the English apical flight.

He has, though, caught the oculus successful Chelsea’s cupful competitions, uncovering the backmost of the nett 4 times successful his 5 appearances successful the Europa Conference League this term.

Facing the media past week, Maresca described Felix arsenic a ‘fantastic player’ but admitted Cole Palmer’s prominence was proving a ‘problem’ for the Portuguese’s playing time.

‘The problem, unfortunately, for Joao and Christopher [Nkunku] is that the manager plays astir of the games with 1 attacking midfielder and that is Cole Palmer,’ Maresca replied.

‘We person decided to play with an attacking midfielder successful astir of the games, truthful this is the crushed wherefore Joao and Christo conflict to get minutes – not for immoderate antithetic reasons due to the fact that they are some fantastic players, fantastic guys who enactment well.

‘The crushed wherefore is lone due to the fact that astir of the games I determine to play with 1 attacking midfielder successful presumption of balance. This is the crushed why.’

Asked if this meant Felix would beryllium allowed to leave, Maresca responded: ‘I americium not saying that, I americium not saying that.

‘I americium saying that I similar some but the crushed wherefore they conflict is due to the fact that astir of the clip I play with 1 attacking midfielder.’

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