Al -Nasr Club signed with Portuguese international offensive midfielder Joao Felix from Chelsea to 2027, according to the third Saudi league standings last season, Tuesday.
Al -Alamy welcomed the new expatriate through a post in his account on the X platform with a video of the twenty -fifth of the son of the son of the son, in which he said: “I am here to spread happiness … Let’s win together.”
According to the “Athletic” network, the deal cost the club to the club owned by the Saudi Investment Fund 30 million euros (26.2 million pounds) a fixed amount, with additional incentives and rewards that may raise the total value to 50 million euros.
The contract with Felix comes within the framework of victory efforts to strengthen his ranks, led by the former Crescent coach and his current Portuguese coach, Jorge Jesus, who is looking for the team to lead to win the domestic league title after an absence since the 2019 season.
Jesus was appointed in his position for one season to succeed Italian Stefano Pioli, after two experiences with Al Hilal led him in the first to crown the local super cup 2019 season, before he achieved him in the second local triple experience in 2024, but he was dismissed from his position after the team’s results declined before the end of last season.
The 25 -year -old striker will adjacent to his fellow Cristiano Ronaldo, in addition to several other stars, the club has been attracted since the investment fund was acquired, and in their forefront Senegalese Sadio Mane and Croatian Marcelo Prozovic.
On the other hand, Felix hopes to shine to reserve a place for him in his country’s squad led by Spanish coach Roberto Martinez, a year before the start of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The player, who played 45 international matches, scored 9 goals, and won the European Nations League title on two occasions in 2019 and 2025, from disappointing experiences in the past few years, specifically since he left Atletico Madrid, and his transfer to the Saudi League may be an opportunity to restore his luster before returning to Europe again.
Felix began his career with Benfica, where he played 43 games, during which he scored 20 goals, and presented 11 decisive passes, before drawing the attention of the Spanish capital club, which he signed for 148.42 million dollars at the beginning of the 2020 season, in a deal that is still fourth in the history of the game in terms of its value.
In Madrid, he played under the supervision of Argentine coach Diego Simeone 131 games, during which he scored 34 goals, and made 18 decisive passes, scoring with him the league title in the 2021 season.
After that, Felix joined Chelsea, loaned at the beginning of the 2023 season, then to Barcelona in the following season, also loaned (scored 10 goals, and made 6 decisive passes in 44 games), before the London club contracted him permanently for $ 60.67 million in the 2025 season.
However, his experience with the “Blues” was not successful (scored 11 goals, and he presented two decisive passes in 40 games), so the last loaned him to Milan, Italy during the winter transfer period last season, but he was satisfied with scoring 3 goals, and providing one decisive pass in 21 games.
By joining Al -Nasr, Felix will join his compatriot and the icon of the world football, Cristiano Ronaldo, in addition to Utavio, who represented the Portuguese team for years, to form a Portuguese trilogy that may be one of the most prominent keys to play in Al -Nasr, next season.
This deal comes within a series of bold moves by victory to strengthen its ranks with international players, in light of the fierce competition at the local and Asian levels, and the team’s endeavor to achieve the AFC Champions League and World Cup for the upcoming clubs.
With the closure of the controversy over his future, Felix appears to have finally obtained an opportunity to write a new chapter in his career, this time from Riyadh, where personal aspirations intersect with a wide spherical project led by Saudi Arabia towards the world.
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