Joao Félix was close to becoming a Barça player

The season 2021/22 has been one of the more 'rugged' for the FC Barcelona in the last years. This course, that initiated with Ronald Koeman like trainer, would bring substantial changes for the team, no only regarding the technical body. The arrival of Xavi Hernández supposed also the eventual incorporation of several players during the wintry window, keys for the revival that would live the Barcelona team.

But in this period also there were some movements that could not concretise; between them, the one who would have been a signing 'bomb' for then. In accordance with the newspaper 'ACE', the managerial culé went in in contact with his homologous of the Athletic of Madrid in procures of an operation to bring to Joao Félix to the City Condal. These were being headed by the director of football of the Barça, Mateu Alemany, and the CEO of the Atleti, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín.

In fact, both parts would have reached a principle of agreement to close the traspaso of the international Portuguese in return of 70 million euros, including the federative rights and a part of the economic. East mount would be the fixed amount, but the total of the operation could have reached the 135 'kilos' taking in account the included variables in the traspaso finally frustrated.

What moved away to Joao Félix of the Barça?

However, the Barcelona toparía with a 'enemy' already widely known: the fair play financial. The economy of the club did not allow to carry out an operation of this magnitude, taking in account the costs, the wage of the player and the movements that eventualmente would have to carry out the Catalan entity to be able to inscribe him and even carry out this same type of formality with other players in the future.

Of this way, Joao Félix would not abandon the Spanish capital until a year afterwards, when it would leave to London to put to the orders of Graham Potter like part of the project that heads in Chelsea. After a debut for the forget in which it received a red card in front of the Fulham (defeat 'blue' by 2-1) without at least add his first hour of party, has seen action in the Premier against the West Ham, where could mark, and in Champions in front of the Dortmund.