Joao Felix was one of the brightest prospects in world football when he burst onto the scene with Benfica.
Atletico Madrid had to shell out of one the biggest ever transfer fees to land such a big up-and-coming talent.
Atleti paid Benfica a club-record fee of €126million to bring Joao Felix, then 19, to the Wanda Metropolitano, making the forward the fourth-most expensive footballer of all time.
Antonie Griezmann s move to Barcelona provided Atleti with the funds for such a transfer, though it would be safe to say neither of those players hit the heights that might have been expected.
Indeed, Griezmann is now back at Atleti and playing alongside the man who was brought in to replace him. For Joao Felix it has been a slow burn, but he now appears to…