Chelsea agree Felix fee, Gallagher to join Atletico

Chelsea person agreed a interest successful rule for Atletico Madrid guardant Joao Felix, pinch Conor Gallagher moving successful nan different guidance arsenic portion of nan deal.

The interest for nan 24-year-old Portugal world is undisclosed, but it will let him to return to Stamford Bridge connected a six-year woody pinch an action for a further season.

Felix's move, which is taxable to a medical, will bring him backmost aft a 2023 indebtedness spell astatine Chelsea.

He scored 4 goals successful 20 appearances successful his erstwhile spell successful westbound London.

England midfielder Gallagher, meanwhile, is group to motion a five-year woody pinch Atletico .

He had been training unsocial astatine nan club's Cobham training crushed aft being near successful limbo for a week.

The illness of Chelsea's talks to motion striker Samu Omorodion had delayed Gallagher's £33m move to Madrid, pinch Atleti needing to raise costs to complete nan move by making a awesome first-team sale.

Felix's move to Chelsea will pave nan measurement for Gallagher to motion connected astatine Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, wherever he was pictured astatine 9 days agone successful anticipation of a move earlier a hold forced him to alert backmost to London past Tuesday.

Chelsea will attraction connected subordinate income successful nan lead up deadline time connected 30 August but stay willing successful Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, arsenic nan Italian nine proceed their efforts to motion Romelu Lukaku, who remains connected Chelsea's books but has nary early successful westbound London.

Napoli opportunity they person made a 2nd connection to motion Lukaku connected indebtedness pinch a £25.5m responsibility to buy.

It is expected to beryllium rejected aft falling short of Chelsea's asking value of astir £35m.