Chelsea are reportedly closing in on a loan deal for Atletico Madrid club-record signing Joao Felix in January.
Felix, 23, was signed in 2019 for €126million after winning the European Golden Boy award with Benfica, shattering Atletico s previous transfer record of Thomas Lemar by over €50m.
However, despite netting 33 goals for his new club, Felix has struggled to consistently earn a spot in their starting XI, with seven of his 12 LaLiga appearances this season coming as a substitute.
Having made such a substantial investment, Atletico are not willing to sell him at a massive loss just yet, and while they have made him available for transfer, a loan move to rehabilitate his value appears far more likely.
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Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books and I’m trying my best not to overreact to some of the results, but too many incidents have me shaking up my NFL power rankings heading into Week 2. Even though top of the list didn’t see much movement, there are plenty of movers and shakers from 5th to 32nd.
In games on a neutral field, every higher-ranked team would be favored or, at least, a pick ’em on the in this format. For two teams ranked closely together, the difference in the spread would be a home-field advantage (if any), which varies slightly from team to team.
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That weird story about a robbery in Aroldis Chapman's Pittsburgh hotel room three weeks ago only got weirder when the woman found tied up in the room couldn't get her story straight. Claudia Manrique is a 26-year-old stripper Chapman began dating in April who "would meet him in other cities where the Reds were playing," according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She has since failed a polygraph test and was issued a summons on a misdemeanor charge of filing a false report to authorities. This is where I ought to remind you that Chapman thinks Manrique owes somebody anywhere from $9,000 to $30,000, that cops in Baltimore say she took $2,000 from some other guy, and that she's married to someone else. [ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] …