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An old colleague uttered cold vitriol to a prospect who left for Saudi Arabia.
Spain's Marca reported Saul's interview on the 31st (Korean time) 'Saul Niguez's message to Joao Felix' `Saul sent an impressive message, referring to the time when João Félix failed,' said Marca.
Felix, who has been recognized as Portugal's top prospect since his debut with his beautiful appearance and outstanding skills, once had tremendous expectations with the nickname of the second Ronaldo. The first team to reach out to Felix was Atletico Madrid. As the potential exploded with 20 goals and 8 assists in 42 games in the 2018-2019 season at Benfica, Atletico invested 126 million euros (about 200 billion won) to embrace Felix.
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Felix's growth, however, was not in the direction he expected. There has been no growth for Felix in the three seasons since joining Atletico. He couldn't get used to it and went around without being at the center of the team. In addition to his skills, problems continued, such as publicly demanding a transfer to Barcelona. Felix then left for Chelsea for a transfer fee of 44.5 million pounds (about 80 billion won), ending his Atletico career.
Since then, there has been no rebound while experiencing Chelsea and AC Milan. In the end, Felix left the European stage for the Middle East this summer at the suggestion of Alnasr, a Saudi Arabian club. Although he was still recognized for his value in terms of salary, it is now difficult to find expectations that he will grow as much as Ronaldo.
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Saul, a colleague of Atletico's, also opened up about it. Saul said "Football is a team game. He is a player who has the qualifications to be a great player, but no matter how good he is, it is useless if he does not try. The words of Paco Hemmes come to mind. They say that talent without effort is useless. Many people tried to help him. But if you don't want to, then what?" he said, pointing out Felix's attitude.
There was also a sad reaction to the prospect's failure, but his old colleague clearly pointed out why he fell, stressing the importance of his efforts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
