Joao Felix to hyperlink up with Ronaldo after leaving Chelsea for Al-Nassr

Joao Felix will hyperlink up together with his Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr, having left Chelsea to affix the Saudi Arabian membership in a £43.7m deal.

Al-Nassr – who completed third within the Saudi Professional League final season, behind Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal – will reportedly pay Chelsea an preliminary £26.2m, plus £17.5m in potential add-ons.

Joao Felix initially joined Chelsea on mortgage from Atletico Madrid in January 2023, scoring 4 objectives in 20 appearances for the Blues earlier than they declined to make his keep everlasting on the finish of 2022-23.

The ahead then spent 2023-24 on mortgage at Barcelona, scoring 10 objectives in 44 appearances, earlier than Chelsea introduced him again to Stamford Bridge in a everlasting £42m deal.

Nonetheless, Joao Felix did not nail down a daily place underneath Enzo Maresca, solely beginning 9 matches in all competitions for them final season earlier than heading to AC Milan for one more mortgage spell in January.

Joao Felix made 11 of his 21 appearances for Milan from the bench, and after they opted in opposition to pursuing a everlasting transfer, he outlined his need to return to former membership Benfica.

Talks have been held between Benfica and the participant’s camp, however with the Lisbon giants struggling to finance a switch, Al-Nassr swooped in to hijack the deal.

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Having signed a two-year take care of the Riyadh membership, Joao Felix has travelled to Austria to affix up together with his new team-mates for a pre-season coaching camp.

His arrival furthers the Portuguese affect on the membership, after they employed Jorge Jesus as their new head coach and handed Ronaldo a brand new two-year contract.