Transfer Watch: Liverpool Transfer Target Joao Felix Attends Carabao Cup Final at Wembley

Joao Felix was seen in attendance in the Liverpool vs Chelsea Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

In a post from Watch LFC on Twitter, the 22-year-old was pictured in the Liverpool end of the stadium. Fresh from scoring against Manchester United last Wednesday, he watched on as The Reds beat Chelsea on penalties. The 22-year-old was pictured in the Liverpool end at the EFL Cup final, all be it with his hood up, sunglasses on and a mask covering his face.

Joao Felix was at Wembley last night in the Liverpool end watching the game? pic.twitter.com/UiM0iLruGh
— Watch LFC (@Watch_LFC) February 28, 2022

Since his astonishing £133m move to Spain, Joao Felix has begun just 43 of a possible 102 La Liga games for Atletico Madrid so far. His 16 goals in that time is not a brilliant vindication of the huge money the Madrid club paid to sign him from Benfica. Felix has started just eight of Atletico’s 26 games in La Liga this season, registering three goals and three assists.

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Despite his struggles, this shouldn’t be put entirely down to the player himself. Joao Felix is clearly a player with enormous talent. Atletico manager Diego Simeone’s side plays a notoriously defensive style of football which doesn’t always suit the slight and more technical Felix.

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Whilst the 22-year-old may have just been in the UK to watch the match, Liverpool fans will be excited as he was linked with the club not so long ago. His difficulties at Atletico have led to speculation that the 22-year-old could be ready to leave Madrid and Liverpool was one of the potential destinations for the Portuguese international.

As reported in FourFourTwo in December last year, Spanish reports have credited The Reds with an interest. Liverpool were reportedly seeking out a deal of £63m to take Felix to Anfield.

Joao Felix is a hugely exciting talent who possesses the ability to be a superstar as many see him as the perfect successor to Roberto Firmino. Even though Diogo Jota does the job pretty well as of now, he isn’t a like for like swap for the Brazilian forward.

Whether the player taking in The Reds’ Wembley win is indicative of anything will remain to be seen. But there’s no question that his appearance will cause excitement amongst the fanbase.

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