Reports: New outcome possible for Joao Felix scenario at Chelsea | OneFootball

Well this was inevitable at some point – we just didn’t think it would come so soon.

We we’re so against the signing of Joao Felix last summer, for many reasons: we didn’t need him, he’s not that good, it facilitated the exit of Conor Gallagher, and so on.

But even we didn’t think it would go this badly. After 6 months of Conference League cameos, the Portuguese wanted out, and went on loan to AC Milan, where things haven’t gone particularly well either. They have no intention of making that loan permanent, according to everyone with any knowledge of the situation.

If Chelsea don’t want him and Milan don’t want him, but Felix wants to play – what options are left? He’s too young for the MLS, and no Saudi teams seem interested. The inevitable next step? Turkey.

The next step for Felix is Turkish soujourn – but money matters may change equation

Chelsea signed Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid. (Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images)

TeamTalk are today reporting that Galatasaray are interested in the attacking midfielder as they look to replace the veteran Dries Mertens who will retire at the end of this season.

We paid around £45m for Felix and we don’t want to make a loss on that, so Ben Jacobs says that a loan is very much on the cards. As we’ve done with failed signings in the past, like Romelu Lukaku and Kepa Arrizabalaga, we will likely keep loaning him out until his “book value” falls to a level where we can

Felix’s £70k a week wages are another obstacle, with Galatasaray unlikely to be able to afford them. We would expect Chelsea to have to cover a chunk of the wages, with a loan fee of something between £5m-£10m to make it worth out while.

That’s not a great return – this deal continues to go from bad to worse.