(Reuters) – Chelsea have signed forward Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid on a seven-year deal, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.
Financial details were not disclosed, but English media reported that Chelsea paid around 46 million pounds ($59.95 million) to secure the 24-year-old’s return to Stamford Bridge.
Felix impressed during his six-month loan spell at Chelsea in the 2022-23 season, scoring four goals in 20 appearances. He spent the last campaign on loan at Barcelona, scoring 10 goals in 44 games.
Atletico signed Felix from Benfica in 2019 for a club-record fee of 126 million euros ($140 million). He scored 34 goals in 131 matches and helped them win the LaLiga title in 2021.
“I’m really happy to be back at Chelsea and I can’t wait to get started. I can see some familiar faces from the last time I was here, which is always nice,” Felix said in a statement.
Chelsea play Swiss side Servette in the Europa Conference League playoff stage on Thursday before visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Sunday.
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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