Barcelona President Joan Laporta has confirmed a number of transfer plans for this summer, including that the Blaugrana will make an effort to maintain Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo in the squad next summer.
Portuguese star Joao Felix saw his stock fall again last year after a strong start to the season saw him benched from January onwards. The 24-year-old
Barcelona’s squad planning for the 2024-25 season will kick up a notch when Hansi Flick starts work as manager in the next week or so. The German will have to make numerous big decisions, and one will be on the futures of Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo, who will return to Atletico Madrid and Manchester City respectively after Euro 2024.
Having signed on loan from Atletico Madrid on the final day of last summer’s transfer window, Joao Felix failed to make the desired impression at Barcelona during the 2023-24 season, which made a return to Catalonia this summer seemingly unlikely.
Manchester United and Atletico Madrid may be ready to do a historic swap deal. The two giants of European football are hoping to offload one of their young forwards each.
Barcelona brought in Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid last summer, amid hopes that he would finally put together a season that showcased his ability on a consistent.
Joao Felix is one of the most well-respected footballers of his time, known for his creativity on the ball, great off-the-ball movement, goal-scoring abilities in tough games, and incredible 1v1 skills.
Barcelona are poised to appoint Hansi Flick as their new manager this week, as they seek to put a bow on the Xavi Hernandez era. President Joan Laporta will no doubt be hoping it’s a fresh start for the club, but it also opens new scenarios with the players.
Barcelona loanee Joao Felix is set to return to parent club Atletico Madrid. Sport says an extended loan with Barcelona is out of the question - as neither Flix himself nor Atltico Madrid see it as a viable solution.
For the second successive summer, Joao Felix’s situation has a lot of doubts. In 2023, he ended up joining Barcelona on the final day of the transfer market, although he’s unlikely to make the same move in 2024.
Joao Felix will return to Atletico Madrid after Barcelona’s trip to Sevilla on Sunday, and it’s far from certain that he will be back in Catalonia for next season.
Barcelona coach Xavi is tightlipped on keeping Joao Felix. Felix has spent the season on-loan from Atletico Madrid with a fee to make the deal permanent yet to be negotiated.
Joao Felix pushed hard to sign for Barcelona last summer, leaving Atletico Madrid on a temporary basis. He will return to Los Rojiblancos at the end of the season, but his chances of heading back to Catalonia are looking slim.
Barcelona forward Joao Felix continues to play a minor role in the second half of their season, thrown on for the final nine minutes of their most important remaining game at the weekend with the side two goals down to Girona.
At Santa Clara, Joao Henriques experienced a 'real' story of management. He tells TribalFootball.com exclusively: The best experience for me was at Santa Clara because we built a team from the beginning in the second league and we got promoted to the first league.
Joao Felix was proud proving Barcelona's matchwinner at Cadiz on Saturday. Felix struck spectacularly for the only goal of the game. He reflected: "I saw the ball go up, I tried and the goal came out.
Barcelona coach Xavi was delighted with victory at Cadiz. Joao Felix struck for the 1-0 win. Xavi later said: Felix is a very talented player, yes. "He's at ease, he's still happy.
With Real Madrid winning at Mallorca earlier in the day, Barcelona were under pressure to respond immediately when they took on Cadiz at the Nuevo Mirandilla.
On-loan Barcelona forward Joao Felix has had a decent if unspectacular season in Catalonia this year, but if he and the club are to be believed, then both are keen to ensure he is back next season.
Barcelona forward Joao Felix recognises they face the best player in the world on Wednesday night. Barca are in Paris for the first-leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against PSG, with Kylian Mbappe to lead the Parisians' attack.
Though he hadn’t scored for an age at Barcelona, it was written in the stars that he’d break his duck against parent club, Atletico Madrid, this past weekend.
Joao Felix scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona won 1-0 at Atletico Madrid on Sunday night. The Portugal forward is on loan at Barca from Atletico and his deal does not include an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.
Joao Felix’s arrival in January generated a lot of excitement among Chelsea fans. The season was at a low point, things were really slumping and the Blues needed a spark.
Tuesday night’s Champions League encounter against Royal Antwerp saw the Barcelona of old return. The Catalans were imperious in a first half that saw them 3-0 up before 25 minutes had been played, leaving their visitors shell shocked.
Fabrizio Romano has spoken out on his role in the Joao Felix to Barcelona transfer this summer after his exclusive interview with the player became a big story.
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