He’s only just arrived at Chelsea, but João Félix is already wanted elsewhere. The tittle-tattle in Spain is that he is being monitored by Barcelona, who may move for him in the summer when he returns to Atlético Madrid. How exactly they can monitor him when he was sent off 58 minutes into his Premier League debut – and has been suspended ever since – is unclear. Regardless, Barça have a strong relationship with Atlético in the transfer market having done deals for Luis Suárez, Memphis Depay and Antoine Griezmann (more than once) in recent years, which could help things along.
Chelsea are still optimistic about signing Enzo Fernández from Benfica before the January window slams shut™ on Tuesday, though it could cost them a cool £106m. According to Record in Portugal, Fernández would prefer to leave this month and hopes that Rui Costa, the Benfica president, is as keen to do business with Boehly’s Blues as everyone else.
