Atletico Madrid are reportedly looking to win the race to sign Benfica starlet Joao Felix by using the money they make from selling Antoine Griezmann.
The 19-year-old has attracted interest across Europe this summer following an impressive season with the Portuguese side last season.
Manchester City are keen on luring the forward to the Etihad while Manchester United have also been linked to Felix.
But Atletico are preparing to acquire the teenager's services by using the £107m generated from sellling French forward Griezmann, according to Spanish outlet Marca.
Felix scored 20 goals and contributed 11 assists in 43 games for Benfica last season and his current deal at Benfica runs until the summer of 2023.
Atletico are also reportedly planning to make a £44.6million bid for Sporting Lisbon's Bruno Fernandes with the funds from the departure of outgoing Griezmann.
m_ghdfy
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BREAKING🚨: Manchester United looking to sign Joao Felix by using £107m from Jones, Smalling, Young, Matic, Lukaku, Lingard, Darmian & Rojo sales.
Santiag
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Félix is more than good enough, it just wouldn't be a good fit and his talents would be underutilized, he'd be much better in a team that dominates possession
yielding
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Attacking players from Portugal to Atleti: Gaitan, Jackson, Falcao, Gelson, Bernard Mensah, Cebola Rodriguez, Diogo Jota, and a few others. Most didn't do much for you tbh, Falcao of course was out of this world.
Ribin24
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Griezmann right now - " Ha ha ha...I'm not going."