Atletico Madrid are prepared to let Joao Felix join an English Premier League club on loan next month as long as the Financial Fair Play costs of the Portugal international's contract are covered in full by his new employers.
Felix joined Atletico Madrid for a transfer fee of €126million (currently £110.9m) in the summer of 2019. The amortisation cost on the forward's seven-year contract amounts to €18m a season with the La Liga club asking for a loan fee of half that sum (£8m) plus the player's salary to be paid in full. There would be no contractual option to buy.
Arsenal - currently five points clear of Manchester City in the Premier League table - are interested in signing Felix following the loss of Gabriel Jesus to knee surgery. Manchester United are considering Felix as a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, whose contract was terminated by mutual consent ahead of the World Cup Finals. Discussions with Arsenal are understood to be more advanced at present. Felix, who turned 23 last month, has been unhappy at the Estadio Metropolitano for over a year, struggling with Diego Simeone's man management and tactical approach. Earlier this month, Atletico chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin publicly confirmed the discontent of a player whom the Spanish club persuaded to reject a proposal from Manchester City three years ago.
