Ask AC Milan and they will tell you that the loan contract from Joao Felix will run until 30 June 2025.
If it is seen until the end, it would prevent the Portuguese playmaker from returning to Chelsea before the start of the club World Cup this summer in the United States. The Blues tournament starts fourteen days earlier against the Leon of Mexico in Atlanta and they may have played four games in the inaugural 32 team competition by the time Felix returns.
However, it is not as easy as the Italians who may make you believe, because confidential has also been told by Stamford Bridge sources that a clause has been added so that they can bring the 25-year-old back to that journey.
Whether there is still happening, it can still be seen after Chelsea enabled him to leave for six months in a seven -year contract, after he joined Atletico Madrid for £ 46.3 million in the summer.
Felix is represented by Jorge Mendes, whose stoning agency also ensures Milan manager Sergio Conukicao, who is under pressure after three consecutive losses.
Felix is already about to manage more minutes in the Serie A – 356 since he signed for Milan last month – than the 364 that he was handed over through Chelsea in the Premier League throughout the season.
That was the core of why he agreed to leave in January. He wanted more playing time than Enzo Maresca was willing to give him in his preference No. 10 position. However, Felix is slaughtered by the Milan Media, including one rule of Fabio Ravezzani who went: “He is as clever as he is useless.”
Another local correspondent told us that the conversation in Italy is that it is unlikely that Milan would push him permanently this summer, if they had to negotiate a fee because the club has no option or obligation to buy.
It leaves him confronted with further turbulence while the football vondon is going from club to club in search of a permanent house, every time he expressed his wish to stay forever.
It happened after he arrived in Chelsea in March 2023: “I am very, very happy.” When his seasonal loan in Barcelona ended in June 2024: “My plan is clear, I love Barcelona and I want to stay.”
When he came to Chelsea again last summer: 'I had to stay in one place permanently. There is no better place for me than Chelsea. I see a perfect place to shine. “When he moved to Milan last month:” If there is a chance to stay here, I would like it. “
Chelsea fans use a clip from Conor Gallagher who commit two great tackles for Atletico to ask why they sent him to Felix in the opposite direction, with both deals announced on the same day. Atletico such as Gallagher and fans have given him the nickname El Pitbull for how he follows every ball.
But the graduate Cobham only started once in their last nine games, because Diego Simeone has settled on a 4-4-2 with a two-man midfield of Pablo Barrios and Rodrigo de Paul-a Holding and another who attacks more. That is for the time being the Gallagher reducing a bank option.
Yet it is difficult to dispute the better deal from Felix and Gallagher and I know who my money would be to see us for sure during the World Cup 2025 Club.
Is this your (birthday) card?
This week there were photos of England manager Thomas Tuchel who caught up with Chelsea's 2021 Champions League winners such as Reece James, Jorginho, Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell.
For those who wonder when and why, I get the floor that they were taken on Saturday evening at a chic private party in honor of the 50th anniversary of the former Blues director Marina Granovskaia, in which a 'Master Retiralist' has done an enchanting performance on stage.
Although it meant that Tuchel kept an eye on the FA Cup match of Manchester City that night – relax, I just make a joke, let's give the guy a break – the three Lions boss was one of the stunned by Lior Suchard.
One of the world's most coveted mind readers for rent at high-end events, he had James and a few other famous faces, including the current blues defender Trevoh Chalobah, involved in an act that guests say the show stable (no offense on the live jazz band or the cocktails and caviar).
Hopefully Suchard can see good luck in the future of England and Chelsea.
Todd Gotta-Goehly
Attempts to stop the co-owner of Chelsea Todd Boehly for a separate chat after his FT company of the football top address was meaningless last week, because the American billionaire made a peline for the lifts in the London's Peninsula Hotel that once stepped a step off the stage.
Sorry, have to go, flee to catch and such.
Boehly flew from Miami for the conversation and immediately flew from London from London to other things.
Busy man, and he spent the weekend visiting one of the new seven wonders of the world in Petra, Jordan.
He was wearing a Tracksuit summit from Chelsea brand, such as the photos provided to confidential show. The local tourism board is working on taking sport events such as marathons, climbing, off-road racing and the like to Petra.
Boehly and his accompanying delegation had investment options for them during the trip.
Back to the FT summit and I was told that Boehly was not warned what questions would be asked by moderator Arash Massoudi, who interrupted the strange brutal in Chelsea, including at the end when he wondered whether the ownership setup will remain as will be at least the following year.
Boehly replied: 'Listen, I cannot predict the future. If I could, I wouldn't talk to you here. 'Nothing wrong with a little herb.
Perhaps Behdad Eghbali will stop at the lifts when he speaks at next year's edition. We will see.
From Boehly to Trimboli
Also in the Peninsula Hotel, Frank Trimboli, the co-head of football at the leading agency CAA Base, who in 2023 was the move from Cole Palmer to Chelsea to Chelsea for £ 40 million, rising to £ 42.5 million.
Here is some insight into that transfer of trimboli, who said: 'Manchester City understood the value of the player. They had many other players they thought they were more ready than Cole to play at the time. They knew that his future value might be high.
'Given the amount of football that Cole had played, it was still a high number. There were people in Chelsea who had previously worked in Manchester City so that they knew what they bought.
'Credit to Chelsea because they were those who put the money on the table. Twelve months later, the £ 40 million looks very well spent as money. '
Indeed, it makes no sense to guess what Palmer would be worth now, because Chelsea is not nearly close to a sale and confidential readers may remember how we have reported in last week's column that there is no release clause in the updated contract of the 22-year-old based on Champions League qualification this season.
No 26 set for 26 miles
John Terry has registered to run this year's London Marathon alongside Frank Lampard's former assistant Jody Morris.
They will cover the 26.2 miles on behalf of the charity rays of the children of Sunshine, who support and grant special wishes for seriously ill youngsters aged three to 18 years.
Terry is currently working with Chelsea in a consultancy role, which focuses on helping the Academy at Cobham.
Chelsea sign new keeper … Coach
The newest rent from Chelsea was to bring in Mark Mason from Arsenal as an assistant head of the goalkeeper, although I was told that his role will be focused on Academy.
Mason was head of the Academy keeper with the Gunners, while he also worked for Inter Miami, Brighton, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Southend and the English national teams. He is also a specialized set-piece coach that can benefit the blues.
Regarding the Senior Keeping situation of Chelsea, it would be no surprise if Djordje Petrovic was installed if no. 1 by the time the next Premier League season starts.
The 25-year-old Serbian is in line to stay on returning his loan at the French sister club Strasbourg, where he has earned praise and closely followed by the Chelsea loan department.
He was named the man of the match in their 1-0 win over Auxerre, who attached a fourth clean slate in a row and lifted the side of Liam Rosenior to seventh in Ligue 1.
Petrovic, Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and incoming 19-year-old Mike Penders, Van Genk, are the reason why Chelsea insiders are adamant that they will not sign a new keeper this summer, as we reported last week.
Keep that in mind when you hear them linked to Brighton's Bart Verbruggen, Liverpool's Caoimhin Kelleher and anyone else.
Luis Phoey and the News
Chelsea is not responsible for Paris Saint-Germain football advisor Luis Campos, despite speculation.
The club is behind their current arrangement of sports director and all attempts to destabilize the position by using them in rumors are very unwelcome.
The Campos contract with PSG is supposed to end this summer and reports from France have tensioned conversations about an extension. That impasse has merged with the Portuguese director who looks like a wanted man.
Chelsea are not the only ones who are wrongly linked, spirit. Arsenal also let them happen in the midst of their search for a new sports director after the EDU exit.
The Saudi Arab Football Federation also published a statement in which reports deny that they had offered Campos a lucrative 10-year-old deal to develop their national team.
Drogba, Mourinho … and Roman figures?
Chelsea legend Didier Drogba used his X account, with 2.7 million followers, to defend Jose Mourinho last week after the Fenerbahce boss was accused of racism by Galatasaray. Mourinho had said that the home bench 'jumped like monkeys' during the Istanbul derby.
The original version of Drogba's explanation contained a rule with the text: “Believe me when I tell you, I already know Jose XX years and he is not a racist.”
That use of 'XX' led to a few accusations that the former striker of Galatasaray was told what he had to tweet and forgot to fill in the gap before he did this, while others joked that the 46-year-old had just forgotten to close his Roman figures for 20.
The line was quickly edited to read: “Trust me when I tell you that I have known Jose for 25 years and he is not a racist.”
However, those who are close to Drogba received the suggestion from him to tweet the show of support for his former manager about his former club.
Mourinho has since been banned for four games and has imposed a fine of £ 35.194. The Portuguese manager responded by complaining Galatasaray for 1,907,000 Turkish lira (£ 41,468) – a number that was important if Fenerbahce was founded in 1907 – for 'moral damage'.
Cole's copycat
Joe Cole's X account became great popularity last week.
However, contact the man himself and you will learn that it is actually a fake that causes headaches and fools fans.
As such, Cole itself cleared up on Instagram when he asked for help reporting @Therealjecole1.
Get it to the dangers of Elon Musk et al, so that it can protect a blue tick, as long as you have Mama's credit card details.
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