Atletico Madrid CEO Gil Marin has supplied an replace on Joao Felix’s future and admits he might be set to depart the Rojiblancos.
- Felix is membership’s report signing
- Doesn’t need to keep
- Membership will contemplate promoting
WHAT HAPPENED? Atletico splashed out €126 million (£113m/$142m) to signal Felix in the summertime of 2019 however the ahead has struggled to reside as much as his lofty price ticket and his time on the membership might be coming to an finish. Marin has admitted the ahead’s relationship with supervisor Diego Simeone has damaged down and Atletico would contemplate a sale if a suitable supply arrives.
WHAT THEY SAID: “[Joao Felix] is the most important guess this membership has taken in its historical past. I personally suppose he is a high expertise, a world class participant,” he instructed TVE. “For causes it is not price entering into – the connection between him and the boss [Simeone], the minutes performed, his motivation proper now – it makes you suppose that the cheap factor is that if there’s an possibility that is good for the participant, good for the membership, we are able to take a look at it. I would love him to remain personally, however I do not suppose that is the participant’s thought.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Marin’s feedback are more likely to alert a number of golf equipment to the provision of Felix forward of the January switch window. The 23-year-old has solely scored three league objectives this season for Atletico however has a objective and two assists for Portugal to this point on the World Cup.
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WHAT NEXT FOR JOAO FELIX? The ahead is a part of the Portugal squad who will face Morocco within the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday