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Benfica is working on Joao Felix's return.
Sport, Spain, on the 3rd (Korea time) 'Felix's new future can unfold. Benfica began negotiations to sign Felix. Benfica has offered 15 million euros (about 22.3 billion won), but Atletico Madrid wants 25 million euros (about 37.2 billion won)," the report said.
Felix was one of Benfica's greatest talents. Felix, who grew up in FC Porto but made his debut in the Benfica first team after moving to Benfica, has shown extraordinary potential since his debut. Felix, who began to play in the first division in earnest from the 2018-2019 season, had a fantastic season of 43 games, 20 goals and 11 assists.
Every big club in Europe has noticed Felix's talent. Benfica wanted to earn a huge transfer fee through Felix. At this time, Atletico, where Antoine Griezmann left, succeeded in recruiting Felix by paying 127.2 million euros (about 18.5 billion won), a buyout. This was the highest transfer fee ever for Atletico.
However, Felix has not solved Griezmann's absence at Atletico at all. It could not be considered extremely sluggish, but it was not the performance that Atletico coach Diego Simeone wanted at all. Simeone began to increasingly distrust Felix.
Eventually, Felix attempted to leave Atletico on loan to Chelsea in the 2022-2023 season. Last season, he went on loan again to Barcelona. In Barcelona, he received his own moderation. He showed not bad performance with 10 goals and 6 assists while starting and replacing.
Felix wanted to stay in Barcelona, but Barcelona is reportedly still negotiating with Atletico. Barcelona are not a team with great financial leeway, and they may not be able to recruit Felix. At this time, Benfica appeared.
Sport explained 'Felix is prioritizing Barcelona but has not closed the door on a move to Benfica' Benfica is not close to recruiting Felix yet, but if it can make it happen, it can show a proper appearance of 'Geosang'.
This is because it can bring a player who sold for 127.2 million euros at a bargain price. Even if Atletico meets the desired level of transfer fee of 25 million euros, Benfica has left a profit of 100 million euros (about 149 billion won).
However, it remains to be seen whether Felix really wants to leave the big leagues and return to the Portuguese league. If Felix is put up for sale at a cheap price, there is a high possibility that other big league clubs will also try to recruit Felix.
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