Portugal international Joao Felix would be prepared to join Chelsea permanently in the summer even if the Blues fail to finish in the Premier League top four this season, according to 90min.

Felix joined Chelsea on loan in January until the end of the season and the Blues are keen on signing him permanently in the summer after impressing for the Blues.

Atletico are prepared to offload Felix and hope to get his high wages off the books, but they would still demand a huge fee close to €100m (£88m).

Atletico Madrid signed Felix from Benfica for a club record fee of €126million in 2019 after scoring 15 goals in just 26 league games in his only senior season at Benfica.

Chelsea are currently tenth in the Premier League, 11 points adrift of the top four, and so there remains a distinct possibility that there will be no European football at Stamford Bridge next year.

While Felix wants to be playing in the Champions League, 90min reports he would be happy to make the move and spend a year outside Europe’s elite club competition, but only if he is guaranteed a major role in the team – he has played eight times for Chelsea so far, starting all eight of those games and scoring one goal in the process.