Barcelona have confirmed the signing of ahead Joao Felix on a season-long mortgage from Atletico Madrid.
Joao Felix has lengthy been eager to hitch Barca, with the Portugal worldwide even saying in an interview in July that “‘Barcelona has all the time been my first alternative and I’d love to hitch them.”
Now, after a prolonged courtship, Barcelona have now confirmed they’ve secured the companies of Felix from Atletico Madrid.
An announcement from Barcelona reads: “FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have reached an settlement for the mortgage of the participant Joao Felix till 30 June 2024. There isn’t a choice for a everlasting switch.
“The Membership needs to thank the participant publicly for the monetary effort made and his need to put on the Barca shirt.”
His dream got here true 😏 pic.twitter.com/oiEvrXlDkz
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 1, 2023
Felix spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Chelsea, however the Blues opted to not set off their choice to signal the participant outright after he bagged simply 4 objectives within the Premier League.
Experiences in Spain beforehand acknowledged that Barcelona had beforehand agreed a deal to signal Felix method again in January 2022 for an preliminary £60m with an extra £55m in add-ons, nonetheless FFP laws in the end bought in the way in which of the deal.
It stays to be seen now whether or not or not Barcelona can really register Felix’s contract on the membership. As issues stand, the likes of Marcos Alonso and Inaki Pena are usually not registered to play La Liga soccer as a consequence of Barca’s dire monetary scenario.
