AC Milan introduced on Tuesday the signing of João Félix on mortgage from Chelsea for the rest of the season.
The Portugal worldwide arrived in Milan on Monday and handed a medical earlier than signing a contract with the Rossoneri.
Félix, 25, had attracted curiosity from a number of different golf equipment together with Aston Villa however Chelsea’s desire has at all times been for the ahead to affix a membership exterior England.
He joined Chelsea final August in a €50 million ($52m) deal from Atlético Madrid to start his second spell on the membership after spending the second half of the 2022-23 marketing campaign on mortgage at Stamford Bridge.
Nonetheless, Félix has solely began in three Premier League video games beneath coach Enzo Maresca and is eager to have common enjoying time.
No buy choice has been included within the deal.
Though the membership has not revealed the main points of the settlement with Chelsea, it’s reported Milan pays a mortgage payment within the area of €2m-€3m ($2m-$3m). The Serie A membership can even be paying all of his wages.
Félix, who has a contract with the Blues till June 2031, turns into Milan’s fifth signing of the January window.
The Rossoneri dominated the window in Italy after bringing England defender Kyle Walker from Manchester Metropolis and Mexico striker Santiago Giménez from Feyenoord.
Midfielder Warren Bondo additionally joined AC Milan on a everlasting switch from Monza whereas striker Riccardo Sottil has joined on mortgage from Fiorentina with a purchase order choice included within the deal.
Félix might make his debut with Milan in Wednesday’s Coppa Italia quarterfinal towards Roma.
Zlatan Ibrahimović, the membership’s senior advisor, spoke throughout Giménez’s unveiling on Tuesday, spoke in regards to the reinforcements, saying: “We’re not proud of the standings, we made 5 signings and there have been 5 departures. That is the crew that should change the state of affairs. We’ve got strengthened the crew. We did every part in dialogue with the coach [Sergio Conceicao]. In my view we’ve improved the crew quite a bit.”
