Chelsea: Maresca reveals ‘reason’ for re-signing Felix; confirms two banished players are ‘training apart’

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 interna…