da bet vitoria： Atletico Madrid president, Enrique Cerezo, has revealed that Joao Felix will return to Atletico should Barcelona not sign the player permanently.

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Felix is on loan at Barcelona from AtleticoForm at Barcelona is hit or missFormer wonderkid not able to live up to early-career hypeGetty/GOALWHAT HAPPENED?

Joao Felix's parent club's president gave little away regarding Felix's future in the Spanish capital. Evidently out of Diego Simeone and Ateltico's plans, Felix earned his 'dream' move to Barcelona. Yet the likelihood of making that dream permanent appears in doubt.

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On Felix's future, Cerezo said: "João has joined Barça on loan, he's playing there and he's one of the best players in Europe.

“If next year Barça don't want to keep him, he will be back at Atléti. It's very easy, no?"

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Felix's form at Barcelona, whilst showing glimmers of promise, has failed to find consistency and has to do more to save his career at Camp Nou. Symbollic of his career since joining Atletico in a €126 million fee from Benfica, the forward has shown moments of brilliance but seemingly cannot grab a game and pull his side to victory on a regular basis. This is Felix's second loan spell away from Atletico, having endured an underwhelming spell in west London with Chelsea.

WHAT NEXT FOR FELIX?

Should Barcelona not sign the Portuguese star on a permanent deal, there appears little option but for him to return to Atletico. Whether Felix can break back into Simeone's plans remains to be seen, but given the lack of suitors for his signature last summer, options appear to be running out.