Joao Felix has already made it clear that he wishes to join AC Milan on a permanent deal when his loan spell expires, a report claims.
The Portuguese forward was one of five signings that Milan made in a very busy winter mercato and he was the last to be announced. He is expected to be on the bench for tonight’s Coppa Italia game against Roma, so could therefore make his debut.
According to TBR Football, Felix joined Milan on a loan deal worth £5m (around €6m) but there was no option or obligation to buy clause inserted. That means he is set to return to Chelsea at the end of the season, but the 25-year-old – and Milan – ‘have other plans’.
The report claims that the former Benfica starlet and the Rossoneri ‘have a long-term future together in mind’. Joao Felix has been told that Milan directors ‘fully intend on making his move permanent in the summer’.
A number Premier League clubs came in during January such as Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester United. However, when Milan came in the Portuguese made a switch to Italy his preference, with the aim of it extending beyond the summer.
He had conversations with Milan which included the head coach Sergio Conceicao but he ‘was also won over by the club’s football advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has informed the club’s top brass that Felix could play a huge role in the club going forward’.
Milan are ‘very happy to have landed Felix’, but were ‘unable to put together a permanent package this month’ because of the outlay needed to get Santiago Gimenez. Thus, it will be revisited in the summer, with a reminder that Chelsea paid over €50m to sign him last summer.
