Spanish football correspondent Sid Lowe joins ESPN FC to talk Atletico Madrid’s massive offer for Benfica starlet Joao Felix. Is €126 million too much to invest in an unproven 19-year old from Portugal? Is this really the transfer Atleti need to keep pace with La Liga powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid?
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Won the league so all the signs where worth it
The 19-year-old Felix has everything to become a superstar!.. He is almost there!..
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what if there were no football
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Atletico always play the long games. They've make a lot of great striker.
J .Felix is Atléticoz 126€ desperation.
This is going to look like a bargain in three years.
The price tag will give you pause but he is certainly a young player with tremendous upside!
126 million euros for a kid that had 1 season can we all admit football is just a big money laundering scam
Atletico wont the league and are competing for top 3 every year what are this idiots talking about
I remember when they said is virgil worth 75 M
He isnt worth 12,6mil…. publicity stunt from benfica…. jajjakajaja…. is he ronaldo? Dumb spanish
He will be much better than dumb Pogba…. A 100 million is the standard these days…Neymar and Mbappe together is about 400 million and surely they can't win the champions league….Sir Alex use to warn about this wild spending its gone bananas now…160 million for coutinho…he can't even use his left foot well…its crazy out there…lets hope Felix develops well.
Ehehe João Felix is Benfica made fantasy. Benfica marketing machine is huge, nowadays they sell players based on hype. Remember Renato Sanchez?
I wish Real Madrid got him tbh. That's too obvious of a choice though so this mixes things up
What is a coup? U mean cup?
Too much for this guy in my opinion.
The kid should be amazing
what world do we live in . jesus !
Joao Felix to Atletico Madrid is money laundering
Felix will bring in a profit of 60 to 100 million euro, athletico a selling club.
Remains to be seen but, Felix to me seems to be a round ball going through a square hole at Atleti. I just can';t see Simeone evolving enough. That kid is straight up fire though.
Athleti is a top tier spanish team, I don't know why people still treat them like an underdog team just because they don't drop $$$ every season on big names like Barca and Real. Then they finally invest in a player, and they receive universal hate. lol
There is an ongoing investigation in Portugal and with the Interpol about such high transfer fees are hidden as money laundry. Not just in Portugal but all over Europe. Check this article: https://www.portugalresident.com/2019/07/05/benfica-sues-anti-corruption-firebrand-ana-gomes-again/
He is a good player, he can improve a lot more, but 120M is too much.
He doesnt have a "big name" yet, so he wont sell shirts, unless Atletico wins like 2 champions league in a row, they'll never get that money back.
Best of luck to him, the Portuguese national team can line him up with Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes in a near future, looking forward to that
Money laundering at it’s best
And bayern want Callum hudson odoi for 25m ??
It’s crazy to realize that Neymar and Coutinho cost more than RONALDO.
To me: he is 80% fernando torres 20% sergio aguero. thats why atletico did this 😉
this steve is Son of a bitch support and speak in favor of Liverpool.#backoffbiased #firesteve
The days of Ronaldo coming out of Portugal for a pathetic £12 mil are long gone.
If european giants wanna take our young talent, they better be ready to pay large sums ?
In 10 years clubs will spend 200M for juniors
AND THEY SAY CITY HAVE RUINED THE TRANSFER MARKET?
This is outrageous!
Neither. Money laundering
He’s not worthy!! Time will prove I’m sure !! E played 6 months for shitt Benfica on first team !
Godin left & Griezman, but I think he's a good buy. The market is terribly overpriced tho
How can it be a coup ? They have paid through their nose for him. He needs to be top scorer in the la loha for majority of his contract years to justify tht amount !
More than gambling
I deserve a great sucessfull to J. Felix.
This kid started his professional debut on August last year and nw a year later he is worth 126m I dnt whether to cry OR LMAO
Atlético bought Oblak to Benfica only for 16 M , now its one of the best GK in World …
Atletico have a nack of getting good strikers though for example D Costa, Torres, Griezmann, Falcao, Aguero, Forlan
He doesn't worth 126 million,I'm Portuguese and I saw him playing in our league, he is good but not that good, his fair price would be around 50 million,126 million is too much,that amount of money is outrageous,I expect to be wrong but he could potentially be a flop
Are they dumb atletico is neither a small club nor are they extremely defensive. They play a aggressive defense but have very good attacking play as well. Dont underestimate atletico they are a really strong club, just look at how much they sold their key players for that should tell you about the quality of the team
Gambling
Nice vidéo
Atletico spends 126 million dollar on Joao Felix to make him a star striker and could potentially replace Antoine Griezmann in case of Griezmann leaving.
They forgot to mention the most important factor; IF he manages to handle the pressure moving to a huge club and considering his price tag at such tender age. It’ll all come down to himself in the end
a bunch of years ago I heard some Atlético fans complaining that 40M for Falcao was too expensive. And now they are paying 3 times that for a youngster who played only half a season as a pro. Circumstances have changed for Atlético it seems.
They fell for the Benfica media hype. We have seen many times these type of hyped players never go anywhere near their potential. I hope this is not the case but I am skeptical.