Former Atletico Madrid and Barcelona Vooruit Joao Felix completed a deadline day that moved from Chelsea and he could have ended up in Catalonia.
The Portuguese star is struggling for minutes in Chelsea since he made a permanent return to Stamford Bridge last summer and the club chose to borrow him to AC Milan.
A six-month loan contract in the San Siro continues Felix's Mriol-Go-Round career, with the former Benfica attacker now playing for four teams in fewer than three seasons.
Felix's Road to London was complicated, after 3.5 years of trying to make it work in Atletico Madrid under Diego Simeone, he made a first loan in January 2023 to Chelsea, where he started well before he lost his place in the team, against The end of the season.
He returned to Atletico Madrid, before Barcelona negotiated a loan for him last season, who also fell flat.
Despite Felix's public proclamations to stay in Barcelona, the club was not convinced of its consistency and went back to Madrid.
The feeling of both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona was of relief when Chelsea finally laughed at La Liga in 2024 and his chance of another Barcelona spell was blocked last month.
According to reports from Diario Sport, Super Agent Jorge Mendes contacted the Barcelona hierarchy before the deal with AC Milan was completed.
However, there was no appetite from Barcelona to reunite with Felix on loan, because Hansi seems to be moving in a different direction, with Felix almost symbolic for the lack of Barcelona cohesion in the transfer market in recent years.
The newest loan from Felix does not include a purchase clause, which means that he is expected in Chelsea in June, confronting the Premier League club with a call on his future under Enzo Maresca.
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