Deal Close: Saudi arrive with shock offer to help Chelsea sell player they were set to make a loss on | OneFootball

Saudi have arrived to help Chelsea with a shock offer to sell a player they were dead set to make a loss on at one point.

Plenty of things have gone on this week involving Chelsea in the transfer market as they’ve looked to get deals going.

It was only earlier in the day yesterday when we were hearing that a deal for Joao Felix to join Benfica on a permanent transfer was close and likely, but Chelsea were only set to make about half of what they paid to sign him, which would not have been great at all.

Even Fabrizio Romano has been speaking on updated news on Felix to Benfica this weekend, but it doesn’t look like he is heading there at all now and Chelsea are about to get a very decent fee for him.

Felix to Saudi!

Joao Felix watches from the sidelines. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

It looks like Saudi are coming to rescue Chelsea again with the Blues having sold a lot of their players to clubs over there in recent seasons, as have many other clubs too mind.

Fabrizio Romano put out on his X account late last night:

“Al Nassr are in advanced talks to sign João Félix and hijack Benfica’s move!

“Understand Al Nassr have sent permanent deal proposal to Chelsea and contract proposal to João.

“The agreement is close as final details are set to be discussed in the next 24/48h.”

Chelsea will be applauded

Journalist Ben Jacobs is reporting that Chelsea are set to receive over £40m for Felix, which is around what they paid to sign him.

If this goes through then Chelsea must be applauded for managing to get this fee back for Felix after a poor loan last season and him not being in good form at all in recent years!