Head coach Enzo Maresca has revealed Chelsea s reason for re-signing Joao Felix after his initial £42m move from Atletico Madrid was confirmed.
On Wednesday morning, it was announced that academy product
After paying an initial £64m to sign Julian Alvarez from Manchester City earlier this summer, Atletico Madrid needed to sell a player before they could sign Gallagher and Felix s return to Chelsea made the prior deal possible.
The Blues initially targeted 20-year-old Samu Omorodion but they turned their attention to re-signing after their their deal for the inexperienced forward fell through.
Felix s return to Chelsea was confirmed on Wednesday afternoon, with journalist Ben Jacobs claiming he s penned a six-year contract.
The Portugal international insists this move allows him to find a home as he needed to stay permanently in one place .
I’m really happy to be back at Chelsea and I can’t wait to get started. I can see some familiar faces from the last time I was here, which is always nice, Felix said in an interview for Chelsea s official website.
I loved my time here before and I told my friends and family that I’d love to return to the Premier League one day. To do that with Chelsea is a great feeling and I’m excited to be back.
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Felix added: It’s a chance for me to find a home.
After two loans, Chelsea and Barca, I needed to stay permanently in one place. There is no better place for me to be than Chelsea. I see a perfect place to shine.
It was a little bit of a lot of things that made me want to come back: the project, the club, the league, the fans, the time I spent here that I loved. I felt really good when I was here, despite the results we had. I’m really happy to be back.
Maresca meanwhile has revealed the reason why Chelsea opted to sing Felix permanently.
He s a good player and a talent , Maresca said.
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The club knows him from two years ago. He can play in different positions, inside, as a nine or outside. This is the reason why we signed him.
Maresca has also confirmed that Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell are training apart from the first team.
