Chelsea have offered to sign Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid. The English Premier League club are ready to pay around €11million (£9.7m) for Felix's registration and cover the Portugal international's salary until the end of the current season, meeting the conditions set last month by Atletico chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin for a short-term deal.
Record Sport understands that Chelsea are also working to include an option to buy the unsettled forward in the loan agreement. Felix - whose relationship with Atleti coach Diego Simeone has deteriorated to the point where he considers an exit essential to his career – is keen to join the London club and has already told team-mates that he is moving to England.
Atletico are holding off on formalising the loan to Chelsea as they explore alternative options for Felix. Both Arsenal and Manchester United are in the market for attacking reinforcements as the Premier League nears its halfway point, but have yet to meet the financial terms sought by the Spanish club.
