Chelsea ahead Joao Felix has accomplished a mortgage transfer to AC Milan till the top of the season.
The Italian facet have paid a £5m mortgage charge for Felix, with no obligation to purchase the 25-year-old Portugal worldwide in the summertime.
Although the deal was solely introduced on Tuesday, the required paperwork was submitted prematurely of Monday’s Serie A and Premier League switch deadline.
Felix signed a seven-year contract when he moved to Chelsea on a £45m everlasting deal in August, having had a mortgage spell at Stamford Bridge throughout the second half of the 2022-23 season.
The Felix deal took place in uncommon circumstances as Chelsea and Atletico Madrid exchanged gamers, with academy graduate Conor Gallagher going to Spain for £33m.
Chelsea’s talks to signal Atletico striker Samu Omorodion collapsed, with the Felix deal seemingly a alternative to allow Atletico to seek out the required funds to finish the Gallagher switch.
Gallagher had entered the ultimate yr of his contract at Stamford Bridge so Chelsea wished to promote to generate revenue and keep away from dropping him on a free switch in the summertime of 2025.
Nonetheless, Felix has solely began three Premier League matches this marketing campaign, although usually featured in cup competitions, scoring seven objectives.
The ahead started his profession at Benfica and moved for £113m to Atletico Madrid in July 2019, a deal which on the time was the fifth-most costly switch in historical past.
He spent the 2023-24 season on mortgage at Barcelona earlier than his transfer again to Stamford Bridge final summer time.
Milan, eighth in Serie A, play Roma within the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday and have a two-legged play-off towards Feyenoord within the Champions League this month.
