João Félix

[El Flaco]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1949425402306236424

João Félix at 25 has amassed around €250M in accumulative transfer fees. This guy is an infinite money glitch for Jorge Mendes.

I am very impressed on how Chelsea are able to sell deadwood players for such massive fees.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

They paid thirty with his wages? Crazy
Sounds fishy to me. They knew Chelsea had zero use for him. Probably some inside trade again for Chelsea.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Joao felix to Al Nassr!

Meh transfer, he is a good player but not a player fot big games.

 

[Porque]

Also remember that the Felix fee itself is inflated because Atleti bought Gallagher for 42m.

The deal effecitvely was Gallagher + 10 for Felix.

Then Chelsea loaned him last season to Milan for 5m or so.

So they are making a profit over the whole scheme somehow.

To be fair, he is probably a 30m to Saudi valued player. He can still do some magic there.

It is just that he is an absolute flop at the highest level in Europe, with 5 failed moved out of 5 since leaving Atleti for Chelsea the first time. Which is a kind of impressive state in itself, admittedly.

 

[Birdy]

At some point we need to talk about how the Saudi oil money saved MANY clubs from HUGE economic losses and FAILED signings.

They have done it countless times the last 3 years

The problem with Felix was that bum club Pathetico, who paid 127m euros (holy mother of god) for him in 2019, a price not only unwarranted by his displays but even bending the market itself.

In a normal world, there is no way to come back from such failure. Unless the Saudis come to save your ass.
(of course, here, Chelsea also intervened, another stupid club run by stupid people with no long-term planning)

 

[Porque]

At some point we need to talk about how the Saudi oil money saved MANY clubs from HUGE economic losses and FAILED signings.

They have done it countless times the last 3 years

The problem with Felix was that bum club Pathetico, who paid 127m euros (holy mother of god) for him in 2019, a price not only unwarranted by his displays but even bending the market itself.

In a normal world, there is no way to come back from such failure. Unless the Saudis come to save your ass.
(of course, here, Chelsea also intervened, another stupid club run by stupid people with no long-term planning)

True, it is probably not a coincidence where these Saudi clubs are buying from too.

If someone had the time to do a table, it is probably majority EPL, and of them, City and Chelsea mostly and whenever they need FFP.

 

[DonAK]

I’m pretty sure PIF are an investor in BlueCo who owns Chelsea.

 

[soul24rage]

Joao felix to Al Nassr!

Meh transfer, he is a good player but not a player fot big games.

Felix will be the best player for Al Nassr so not a bad move for the club.

 

[Tyler]

How does so much money keep being spent on this guy? He has zero end product, and he's far from a kid now.

 

[Richard.H]

How does so much money keep being spent on this guy? He has zero end product, and he's far from a kid now.

It's incredible really, probably the most overvalued footballer the world has ever seen

 

[Messi983]

 

[jairzinho]

Sad to see his career take this route. I actually think he would thrive as a 10/CAM in Flick's system, where Olmo is right now. That being said, his work rate and attitude is another issue by itself.

 

[Tyler]

Sad to see his career take this route. I actually think he would thrive as a 10/CAM in Flick's system, where Olmo is right now. That being said, his work rate and attitude is another issue by itself.

A lot of "good" players would potentially look great with fantastic players around them.

He's failed at Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan. At this point it's no longer just bad luck.

 

[soul24rage]

He would thrive in the 90s/00s.

He was born in the wrong era.

 

[Porque]

Now that Ibai has lost weight, he is probably more adapted to modern football than Joao Felix.