{"id":21791,"date":"2022-06-23T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/23\/manchester-city-linked-with-interest-in-atletico-madrids-joao-felix\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:00:28","slug":"manchester-city-linked-with-interest-in-atletico-madrids-joao-felix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/23\/manchester-city-linked-with-interest-in-atletico-madrids-joao-felix\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City linked with interest in Atletico Madrid\u2019s Joao Felix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Premier League champions Manchester City may be far from finished this summer in the wake of completing a duo of high-profile deals for Norwegian sensation Erling Haaland, and Argentine starlet Julian \u00c1lvarez in January, with Portuguese hitman Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix now potentially coming into view for Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from Portuguese journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brunoandrd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruno Andrade<\/a>, City could be in the running for F\u00e9lix as Guardiola would look to continue to retool his first-team squad with the potential exits of both Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Pep Guardiola wants Manchester City to sign Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix but the transfer essentially depends on the departures of Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brunoandrd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brunoandrd<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zic8xF5xe\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7zic8xF5xe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1539983556633657346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Andrade tweeted earlier today that \u201cHaaland may not be the only strong reinforcement: Pep Guardiola wants Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix at Manchester City. Trading, however, essentially depends on the departures of Gabriel Jesus and Sterling. It\u2019s about opening up space in attack and, above all, balancing financial fair play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City striker Gabriel Jesus is still heavily linked with a move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-defender-set-to-join-burnley-this-summer-with-chance-to-play-under-vincent-kompany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> amid serious continued interest from Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-chelsea-target-raheem-sterling-wanted-liverpool-return-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raheem Sterling<\/a> has fielded interest from Chelsea as one of the top targets this summer for Blues tactician Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>Should the attacking pair both successfully earn moves away from the Etihad Stadium this summer, the door could be open for F\u00e9lix to potentially move away from the Wanda Metropolitano despite the 22-year-old having been nominated as Atl\u00e9ti\u2019s player of the season in 2021-22 after scoring 8-goals and adding 4-assists last season before injury cut short his ability to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>Any potential deal for F\u00e9lix could cost in excess of \u00a3100million considering he is still contracted to the capital outfit until 2026, so it remains unclear if City would be prepared to part with that much cash \u2013 despite sales \u2013 without reinforcing other parts of the XI first after Haaland is set to be unleashed on the Premier League next season.<\/p>\n<p>But with Sterling also potentially leaving the club as many expect, there is scope to suggest that F\u00e9lix could very easily come into the team in a starting capacity as questions also remain surrounding the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/man-city-barcelona-yet-to-open-talks-for-potential-bernardo-silva-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernardo Silva<\/a>, which leaves City at the time of writing with just Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, and Jack Grealish to be deployed in an attacking midfielder\/winger capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Given City\u2019s spending habits, it is hardly out of the realm of possibility that the Premier League holders could view a deal for F\u00e9lix as another avenue to add even further distance between them and their closest challengers in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League champions Manchester City may be far from finished this summer in the wake of completing a duo of high-profile deals for Norwegian sensation Erling Haaland, and Argentine starlet Julian \u00c1lvarez in January, with Portuguese hitman Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix now potentially coming into view for Pep Guardiola. According to reports from Portuguese journalist Bruno Andrade, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-21791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}