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Benfica is fully committed to promoting Felix s return, and the sincerity of 20 million euros transfer fee is fully demonstrated

5:50pm, 10 July 2025Football

July 10 As the summer transfer window opens, a new wave of player trading has been set off in the football world. According to the latest news from Portuguese media, Benfica is actively operating, striving to sign Portuguese attacker João Felix back, and showing full sincerity, willing to pay Chelsea a transfer fee of 20 million euros, and intends to provide Felix with a signing fee to promote the transaction.

Felix comes from Benfica Youth Training Camp. He became famous at a young age and once shined in Benfica's first team. During his time, he played for the team in 43 games, scored 20 goals, and scored 11 assists. With his excellent dribbling skills, agile running and goal-front finishing ability, he quickly made his mark in the Portuguese Super League, becoming the team's offensive core, and also attracted the attention of many European giants. In 2019, Atletico Madrid recruited it with a transfer fee of up to 126 million euros, setting a new high in football transfer fees at that time, and Felix started his journey to a wealthy family.

However, in Atletico Madrid and subsequent careers in Chelsea and AC Milan, Felix did not continue to highlight. The problems of injury problems and tactical adaptation caused his condition to fluctuate and failed to fully realize his talent. Now, Benfica has offered an olive branch to this former genius. From the team's tactical perspective, Benfica urgently needs creativity and scoring points on the offensive end in the new season. Felix's technical characteristics can just fill the gap, and his offensive talent is expected to activate the team's offensive system. In terms of emotional factors, as Felix's parent team, Benfica has deep feelings for this place. Felix had previously expressed his willingness to return. This time Benfica sincerely invited him, and the possibility of both sides hit it off is greatly increased. But the transaction was not smooth. Chelsea spent more than 50 million euros to introduce Felix last year, but did not achieve the expected results. It was not ideal to loan it to Milan in the future. Now there must be psychological expectations for the transfer fee. There are still variables to see whether 20 million euros can impress Chelsea. In addition, Felix's salary level is relatively high, and how Benfica can balance the salary structure is also a difficult problem. However, Benfica may be able to use the tax preferential policies of the "Return Program" to reduce the salary burden, and Felix's agent Mendes is close to Benfica, which is expected to mediate. The transfer drama surrounding Felix has already begun, and fans are looking forward to whether he can return to Benfica in the end.

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