Joao Felix will don the No. 14 jersey at Chelsea as he begins his second stint at Stamford Bridge.
The membership confirmed the information on Wednesday, asserting the £42.6 million everlasting signing of the Portuguese ahead from Atletico Madrid.
Felix, 24, beforehand spent the second half of the 2022/23 season on mortgage at Chelsea earlier than transferring to Barcelona for a yr.
Now, he returns to the Blues on a seven-year contract, changing into the membership’s tenth summer time signing and pushing their switch spending previous the £200 million mark.
Expressing his pleasure, Felix mentioned, “I’m actually blissful to be again at Chelsea and I can’t wait to get began. I can see some acquainted faces from the final time I used to be right here, which is at all times good.”
Felix’s return to Chelsea follows Conor Gallagher’s transfer to Atletico Madrid earlier on Wednesday, closing a busy switch window between the 2 golf equipment.
Throughout his earlier spell at Chelsea, Felix scored 4 objectives in 20 appearances, recovering from a pink card on his debut.
