Manchester United amongst four offers Joao Felix turned down in order to join Barcelona
Barcelona closed the signings of ‘Los Joaos’ – Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo – and since there have only been positive noises coming out of the local press. It looked as if Felix was short of options this summer, choosing to hold out for a move to Barcelona on loan with just hours to go. Yet MD claim he turned down as many as four serious offers to leave Atletico Madrid this summer.
It had been reported that Felix would have moved to Saudi Arabia on loan if the Barcelona deal could not have been completed. The offer was from Al Hilal, but that was before they made their move for Neymar Junior.
Barcelona are only set to pay Felix €400k this year, while he also agreed to extend his contract and half his salary at Atletico this season in order to reduce the financial hit for his parent club.
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