According to “Daily Record”, the London team would be close to hiring the Portuguese
the future of João Félix is still in the air. While Atlético de Madrid insisted days ago that no negotiations were taking place with any club, today in the English press they point to the interest of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea in the Portuguese player. In fact, the “Daily Record” has been pointing out for the past few hours that ehe has launched Chelsea for signing Joao. The London club raises a loan until June 30. According to the aforementioned newspaper, the “blues” would like to pay a loan fee of about 11 million euros for the transfer of João, who will take on the salary of the Portuguese until the end of the season. If this interest from Chelsea is finally closed and the transfer is completed, the London team will be open to negotiations with Atletico over a further purchase of the player..
The economic conditions of a possible contract
To let him go on loan, Atleti have requested a rental fee for 6 months, until June. The player’s annual amortization is €18 million (€127 million from his signing spread over a 7-year contract), so Atleti needs a loan fee of €9 million, something that would cover a 50% figure. In other words, for a six-month loan, the club that wants him on loan would have to pay 50% of that salary: it would be €3.5 million net, which would be €7 million gross until June. That means that Atlético would have demanded about 16 million for a transfer. According to “Daily Record”, Joao would be on loan until June, for a total amount of around 11 million euros, between fee and salary until the end of the season, which Chelsea would offer.
There is still 54 million to be written off
João Félix was the largest investment in Atlético’s history, signed for 127 million euros for seven seasons, with a 350 “kilo” clause. The annual depreciation costs of the Portuguese amount to 18 million. After four seasons as a mattress maker, the club still has to write off 54 “kilograms” of the signing. An important “pinch”. To date, the rojiblanco club insisted that there were no ongoing negotiations for the departure of the Portuguese from the club. Now, according to the English press, the departure of Félix would be imminent To Chelsea, with an assignment and no option to buy.
Source: Goal