AC Milan have agreed in precept to take Chelsea’s Joao Felix on mortgage for the remainder of the season.
Chelsea are set to obtain a £5m price from Milan and the Italian membership have agreed to cowl the Portugal worldwide’s wages.
Milan have held an curiosity in Felix all through the switch window and experiences in Italy say he was watching the Milan derby on Sunday at San Siro.
The 25-year-old is about to depart Stamford Bridge on Deadline Day six months after signing completely from Atletico Madrid for £46.3m.
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Felix has six-and-a-half years left on his Stamford Bridge contract. The Portuguese ahead has scored seven targets in 20 video games since re-joining Chelsea in the summertime.
Aston Villa have been concerned with signing Felix this January with the membership’s president of soccer operations Monchi publicly saying Unai Emery’s curiosity within the participant.
However it’s understood the Portugal worldwide is now more likely to transfer overseas, with Villa as an alternative transferring for Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio.
‘Felix sad over recreation time’
Sky Sports activities Information’ Kaveh Solhekol:
“Joao Felix is not going to be concerned in Chelsea’s recreation with West Ham on Monday Evening Soccer as is he’s set to hitch AC Milan on mortgage.
“The participant moved right here for a second time from Atletico Madrid in the summertime. It was across the identical time Conor Gallagher moved from Chelsea to Atletico in the other way.
“He was not very blissful at Stamford Bridge in his second spell as a result of he was not taking part in recurrently. He needs extra recreation time and I do not suppose he was going to get that at Stamford Bridge.
“His agent is Jorge Mendes, the Milan supervisor Sergio Conceicao’s agent can be Jorge Mendes. So the tremendous agent was looking for him a brand new membership.
“Aston Villa have been concerned with signing him however Chelsea weren’t in a position to agree a take care of them. However a deal to take him to Milan is now very shut.”
Blues reject Nkunku mortgage bid from Man Utd
Christopher Nkunku celebrates scoring Chelsea’s aim at Southampton
Chelsea rejected a late mortgage bid from Manchester United for striker Christopher Nkunku on Sunday.
The French ahead didn’t need to go away on mortgage on this window and an method was knocked again anyway by the Blues.
Having loaned out Marcus Rashford and Antony, added to United’s goalscoring points, United’s endeavour had been to herald a ahead on a brief deal.
The pursuit of Mathys Tel has proved a futile negotiation because it stands. The Bayern Munich ahead agreed to hitch Tottenham on Deadline Day.
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