In an effort to reclaim their dominance, Manchester United is continuing to rebuild their team this summer.
A fresh development has come to light regarding a potential transfer target.
How has Man United’s interest in Joao Felix changed recently?
Sport Witness quotes Spanish daily ABC as saying that the Red Devils are one of the teams interested in signing Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid.
According to the report, Erik ten Hag’s team has joined Newcastle United and Aston Villa in their pursuit of the gifted attacker. Felix is eager for his agent, Jorge Mendes, to go back to England before the 2019–20 season after seeing Premier League football with Chelsea.
What is Joao Felix’s current market value?
The LaLiga heavyweights are reportedly asking for an eye-watering sum of €140 million (£120 million) in order to part ways with their player this summer, according to sources out of Spain.
Felix’s market value is now less than half the sum stated, totaling €60 million (£51 million), according to CIES Football Observatory, a number that would be far more in line with United’s spending plan.
The former Chelsea star Mason Mount has already been signed by the Dutch manager, but it is said that in order to make room for a healthy reinvestment, he would need to shed a number of players during the current transfer window.
Jadon Sancho is one of the players listed as being “for sale” at Old Trafford. The winger has struggled to earn the support of his Dutch manager as a reliable first-team starter, playing just 65 minutes per game in 26 Premier League outings last season.
Due to the fact that Sancho already faces competition from a number of highly-regarded wide attackers, including Antony, Marcus Rashford, and Alejandro Garnacho, the arrival of Felix might only intensify the rivalry for his positional peer next season.
The Portuguese star, who was once described as a “pure talent” by football talent scout Jacek Kulig, is one of the most exciting young prospects in European football. According to FBref, he ranks in the top 10% of his positional peers in the top five leagues for shot-creating actions, progressive passes, progressive carries, successful take-ons, and tackles per 90, demonstrating that he is a reliable ball-winner and attacking threat.
Felix easily exceeded the former Borussia Dortmund star in various categories, including goal contributions (11 v 9), shots on goal per 90 (4.0 v 1.12), and aerial duels won (31.3% v 14.3%), when compared to Sancho’s productivity from the previous season.
Additionally, he completed more takeaways per 90 (1.89 vs. 1.86) and won more tackles (1.23 vs. 0.99), as well as more progressive passes (4.12 vs. 4.04).
Not only that, but Felix gives Ten Hag a player who is incredibly versatile in his location and has experience playing as both a left and right wider forward as well as a second striker and centre forward.
All things considered, it seems doubtful that a deal for Felix would be feasible without the sale of at least one great player this summer, but Felix could undoubtedly grow into an even larger superstar at Old Trafford and thrive under the direction of Ten Hag.
And going into the new campaign, Sancho will undoubtedly run into difficulty because of this interest.
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