Joao Felix has just established a remarkable milestone in his career when he became the player with the 4th highest transfer fee in football history, with a number of up to 240 million euros.
According to the update from DeadlineDayLive and many other prestigious sources, this figure is synthesized from the popular deals that Felix has participated in, stretching from Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and prepared as Al Nassr. Every step in his career is associated with huge fees, but also comes with a big question mark on professional development.
Specifically, in 2019, Felix left Benfica to join Atletico Madrid for up to 126 million euros, making him the most expensive contract in the history of Spanish club, and ranked in the top 5 biggest deals in the world football at that time. However, after a few seasons fluttering at Diego Simeone, Felix was brought to Barca and Chelsea borrowed for a small fee. After that, he was sold to Chelsea for an estimated price of about 52 million euros.
The time in the Premier League was not very impressive when he only marked with light and unstable moments. However, with a “bright” profile, Felix continues to attract the attention of big clubs and the latest is Al Nassr. The Saudi Arabia team is negotiating to acquire Felix from Chelsea for about 30 million euros, which can increase further depending on the secondary terms.
With this deal, Felix's total transfer fee reached 240 million euros, helping him overcome many other popular names such as Antoine Griezmann or Angel Di María to rise up to rank fourth of all time. 3 people standing on Felix on the list are Neymar, Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Ronaldo. These are all players who have created “blockbuster” transfer cases in their career.
However, unlike Ronaldo or Neymar, Felix has not shown the breakthrough of the investment that the clubs have for him. Experts say the career of the 25 -year -old is a series of “expected too early and constantly being placed wrong”.
If joining Al Nassr, Joao Felix will have the opportunity to remake in a less pressure environment, but at the same time will officially close the dream of conquering the peak in Europe, which people once believed that he could do when he first came out of light in Benfica.