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With Felix clearly not having a future at Chelsea, even being left out of their Fifa Club World Cup squad this summer, there was talk of him returning to Benfica.
A chance to go home and try to rediscover the magic from the start of his career. The romantic move.
“The whole world knows that Benfica is my favourite team. It’s my home. One day I will return. I don’t
Al-Nassr have agreed a deal worth up to £43.7m for Chelsea forward Joao Felix.
The 25-year-old has been given permission to travel to Riyadh for his medical to complete the move.
Felix will link up with fellow Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi Pro League side after they saw off interest from his former club Benfica.
Chelsea recoup the £45m they paid Atletico Madrid for Felix last summer, having
Pelzer was a German defender who played for several teams in his homeland – plus 18 months at Blackburn.
Sadly his time at Ewood Park was blighted by injuries and he managed just one League Cup game against Walsall in 2002.
In December 2019, four years after retiring from playing, Pelzer got his first job with a club – technical director of MLS side Chicago Fire.
A few months into
Striker Jhon Duran has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr from Aston Villa in a deal that could be worth up to £71m.
The 21-year-old Colombian will join new team-mates Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane in Riyadh.
“Aston Villa can confirm that Jhon Duran has joined Al Nassr,” the club said.
“Everyone at Aston Villa would like to wish Jhon all the best in the next step of his professional
Al-Nassr have ended their attempts to sign Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma after the S-Seagulls made it clear they have no intention of selling the Japan forward.
The south coast club turned down a 65m euro (£54.42m) bid from the Saudi Pro-League side, but had expected a further offer.
However, in additional communication between the two clubs, Brighton underlined they had no need to sell the 27-year-old and would not be changing
Brighton have rejected a significant offer from Saudi Pro-League club Al-Nassr for Japan winger Kaoru Mitoma.
The bid was believed to be worth €65m (£54.42m) but sources with an understanding of the situation say Brighton have no need to sell and dismissed the offer out of hand.
However, it is anticipated Al-Nassr will return with a higher bid.
While Brighton are confident in their position and believe Mitoma has no
Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran is close to completing a move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr, sources have confirmed to BBC Sport.
A fee has been agreed between the two clubs and Duran – who was on the bench for Villa’s 4-2 win over Celtic on Wednesday night – was undergoing a medical on Thursday.
A price of £65m for the 21-yer-old Colombian has been reported, although not verified by
BBC Sport football news reporter Nizaar Kinsella
The sale of Angelo to Al-Nassr is significant for Chelsea as it edges the club towards balancing the books.
The Blues will receive £19.1million, a nearly £6m profit on the fee paid to Santos last summer, to take the overall total for player sales to £188.9million.
If money banked from loan fees and sell-on clauses were also publicly disclosed and included, the total