Barcelona’s plan to keep João Félix
A decision will have to be made soon in the name of planning for the next season; the only option is to renew the loan for one year; paying €70 M/€80 M to Atlético is out of the question
João Félix has become accustomed to the carousel of his career in recent times and even after settling in Barcelona he has not been able to avoid the rollercoaster of questions about his near future, so often shaped by the performances and results of Xavi Hernández’s team, a kind of this-week-is-to-stay-next-is-to-go-out kind of thing .
But external noise is one thing, what happens behind the scenes is another.
Marca writes this Wednesday that Barcelona have no doubts: on a sporting level, João Félix is a player who is interesting and worth keeping. The Portuguese international’s performance for the Blaugrana is overall positive, even though he is not an undisputed starter for Xavi, who has left him on the bench several times at the start of matches. But Félix is like cotton: he doesn’t deceive.
The problem, as it has been in recent years, is the money that Barcelona does not have and that makes the permanent signing of Félix a prohibited situation, which it cannot afford. But that doesn’t stop Deco and company from trying everything to turn the situation around and the plan seems to have already been drawn up: renew João Félix’s loan for another season with Atlético Madrid.
In exchange for paying a fee, of course, but within an amount that Barcelona could pay.
There is also another factor to take into account when Barcelona doesn’t go crazy for João Félix: the options in the squad. The Brazilian Vìtor Roque has been playing on the left, in Félix’s position, there is still Ferran Torres for the same position, and it is expected that he will have a guaranteed place in the 2024/2025 squad, and the return of Ansu Fati, who is loaned to Brighton.
