The 24-year-old Joao Felix has a weaker and weaker presence. Felix is in trouble - after joining Chelsea, Felix did not get out of the downturn, but got worse and worse. Felix's transfer valuation fell from 100 million euros at its peak to 30 million. If the downturn continues, Felix's value will continue to fall.

In 2019, Felix joined Atletico from Benfica with a transfer fee of 127 million euros, becoming the most expensive player in Atletico's history. In the same year, Felix won the European Golden Boy Award. Under Simeone, Felix failed to grow into a superstar. This summer, Chelsea signed Felix with a fixed bonus of 50 million euros and a floating bonus of 10 million euros.

Coming to Chelsea again, Felix has become a marginal person: in the 2024-25 Premier League, Felix played 5 times, all as a substitute, and scored only 1 goal (Chelsea 6-2 Wolves). There are still 2 Premier League games, Felix sat on the bench.

Let the data speak: In the past three seasons, Felix has been getting worse and worse:

In the first eight rounds of La Liga in Atletico Madrid in the 2022-23 season, Felix played 8 times and started 5 times, played 434 minutes, and scored 0 goals and 3 assists; in the 2023-24 season, Felix was loaned to Barcelona, and started 4 times in the first eight rounds of La Liga, played 299 minutes, contributed 1 goal and 1 assist; this season at Chelsea, he played 5 times in the Premier League and started 0 times, contributed 1 goal and 0 assists.

The former Atletico Madrid signing king, European golden boy, and Ronaldo's successor lost his way before the age of 25. In terms of speed, technology, confrontation, shooting, and willpower, Felix is not absolutely top-notch. His style of "being good at everything but not good at everything" makes it difficult for him to become the core of a giant.

Felix has never been able to find a position: in Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Portugal, Chelsea, Simeone, Porter, Lampard, Xavi, Fernando Santos, Roberto Martinez, Maresca, Felix has never been able to play well, so we have to look for the reason from himself.

When Felix joined Barcelona on loan last season, he once won Xavi's trust and had a very amazing start. But gradually, Felix lost his position and Barcelona decided not to renew the lease. When he came to Chelsea, Felix didn't even "start high" and went directly "low". Felix's value has also plummeted: from 100 million euros in September 2019 to the current 30 million, a drop of 70%!