One thing is certain at this moment, Joao Felix will not play for Atletico Madrid next season. The Portuguese, who was paid almost 130,000,000 euros by the Mattress Makers, will certainly leave the Metropolitano, and as things stand, he could go to Saudi Arabia.First, the information was reported by the Portuguese media, and then Fabrizio Romano spoke up. O Jogo wrote that Al-Hilal, Atletico and the footballer himself are interested in the realization of the transfer, and according to the first information, Felix could move to Riyadh on loan until the end of the current season.The coach of the team, also Portuguese, Jorge Jesus, recently pointed out that the management is negotiating the transfer of high-class players, the public guessed and assumed that it could be Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Al-Nassr, or Karim Benzema, who moved to Al Ittihad. Eventually, the Portuguese media concluded that it was Felix they were talking about.##NAJAVA_MECA_7415477##Al-Hilal have already spent well this summer, splashing out €178,000,000 on Sergej Milinkovic Savic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves and Malcom, but they are in need of a striker and it looks like the Portuguese international from Atlético is the choice.The former Benfica player allegedly wanted to stay in Europe, but in the end he made a decision to agree to the possibility of playing in the team of his compatriot Jesus, and he allegedly told this to the agent Jorge Mendes.Given that it is a loan, Atlético cannot hope for too much profit, and some media reports that the first offer is 15,000,000 euros, which is not a bad sum for short-term cooperation. At the same time, Felix could grow in the eyes of other clubs with good performances and raise his price next summer. No matter what the Saudi league is like, potential goals and plenty of them definitely wouldn’t harm him.🚨 Al-Hilal have made an approach to sign João Félix. They are prepared to offer a one-year loan if that is what he prefers. Head coach Jorge Jesus has spoke to João several times. 🇸🇦His priority remains Barcelona and Europe but Al-Hills will be an option as he’s not staying at… pic.twitter.com/o12dELlvNr— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) August 6, 2023 Joao Felix was considered the next big thing in Portuguese football. With much fanfare, he arrived at Atlético, who paid a record sum for his services (127,200,000 euros). However, he failed to find himself in the capital of Spain. He scored 34 goals in 131 appearances and spent the second part of last season on loan at Chelsea, where he managed to get into the scorers’ list on four occasions in 20 games.Considering that he will only turn 24 in November, Felix has plenty of time to get his career back on track, although going to Saudi Arabia doesn’t seem like the best move, even if the league there has never been better.
