There is no denying it: since his arrival at FC Barcelona, João Félix has come back to life, as evidenced by his two goals and his assist against Antwerp for the first Champions League match on Tuesday evening. Confined to the substitutes’ bench at Atlético, the Portuguese was no longer happy at all in Madrid, and showed it well. He had also repeatedly reiterated his wish to join the Blaugrana this summer in interviews.
Finally loaned by the Colchoneros at the end of the transfer window, the former Benfica player is relieved, and takes the opportunity to slip, once again, a few picks at his former future club, which he should return to at the end of the season since he is not It is only loaned, without purchase option. “I gave up a lot of money, but I needed to change, to go somewhere where I could play my football,” he explains to Mundo Deportivo.
And, obviously a small outburst against Atlético: “When we’re not well, we have to change places, that’s what I did before when I went to Chelsea and what I’m doing now at Barça. I didn’t feel good there, I didn’t adapt to the club’s ideas and those of the coach. »