“A total lunacy” – South American journalists tear into Chelsea loanee after latest transfer links | OneFootball

South American journalists have ripped into Chelsea star Joao Felix following links with a move to Brazilian club Flamengo.

The Blues signed Felix for £45m from Atletico Madrid last summer and the 25-year-old penned a seven year deal at Stamford Bridge.

The Portugal international was signed predominantly as a back-up to Cole Palmer in the number ten role., but he started just three league games over the first half of the season.

South American journalists tear into Felix

Felix decided he’d had enough and expressed his desire for a new challenge in January, and joined AC Milan on loan.

Things started well in Italy as he scored on his debut, but things have gone down hill for the Portuguese since then.

The local media have criticised the attacker and Milan have made it clear they wont be signing Felix on a permanent basis.

Felix has been linked with Flamengo who are managed by former Blue Filipe Luis. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Felix is short of options and he’s been linked with a return to Benfica, whilst the most recent links have been with Flamengo.

However, a Brazilian journalist doesn’t see that move happening, and didn’t hold back when sharing his views on Felix.

“First, he flopped after leaving Benfica, and second, he simply earns more than any Flamengo player by far,” he wrote in in UOL.

“How is Flamengo going to bring in a player like that? Not only is he not cheap, they’re going to have to buy Joao Felix. I think that’s crazy.

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“Flamengo is prone to these somewhat exaggerated dreams, but I don’t believe Joao Felix will come. There’s no such thing as hiring whoever you want these days. It’s not like that.

“He earns R$10 million a month. If Flamengo pays R$10 million a month for Joao Felix, even if he drops it a little, to eight, it’s crazy, Joao Felix is ​​a total lunacy.”

Petrovic and Santos have had successful loans

Whilst Felix has had disastrous loan spell, the same can’t be said of Andrey Santos and Djordje Petrovic who’ve both excelled at Strasbourg.

The duo have been two of Strasbourg’s best performers, with Chelsea’s sister club in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

Petrovic is expected to compete for the number one shirt next season, whilst Santos has been earmarked for a key role in the squad, and both could appear at the Club World Cup this summer.