Al Nassr indicators Joao Felix to group up with compatriot Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia

Joao Felix took his complete switch price to round $260 million on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) when finishing his newest transfer — this time to Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr.

The Portugal ahead has teamed up with compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, becoming a member of from Chelsea for a reported preliminary payment of €30 million ($34.6 million) and signing a two-year contract.

“I am right here to unfold pleasure. Let’s win collectively,” Felix stated in a video saying his arrival, shared on Al Nassr’s social media channels.

He’s the newest star participant from Europe to maneuver to Saudi Arabia as a part of the dominion’s bid to turn into a significant drive in soccer. However his switch from Membership World Cup-winning Chelsea is the newest in an extended line of strikes for a participant who holds the document for the fourth most costly signing in historical past, however has did not dwell as much as the expectations positioned on him so early in his profession.

Nonetheless solely 25, Felix has time to hit the heights he appeared destined for when becoming a member of Spanish large Atletico Madrid from Benfica for $140 million in 2019. However his profession has stalled since then with a sequence of loans to prime groups together with Chelsea, Barcelona and most not too long ago AC Milan failing to see him set up himself among the many very elite.

In keeping with Transfermarkt, Felix is behind solely Neymar (€222 million), Kylian Mbappe (€180 million) and Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele (each €135 million) on the listing of highest switch charges in soccer.

His worth has dropped considerably — becoming a member of Chelsea for a reported $60 million final 12 months, along with his payment virtually halving once more to hitch Al Nassr.

The transfer to Saudi Arabia isn’t assured to reignite his profession. Whereas some have flourished, together with the likes of Ronaldo and Aleksandar Mitrovic, Neymar left after an injury-disrupted time at Al-Hilal and Jordan Henderson and Jhon Duran solely stayed for months earlier than shifting on.

Al Nassr will hope Felix’s arrival will see it win the title it has been ready for since signing Ronaldo in a spectacular transfer late in 2022.

Whereas the Portugal nice has helped elevate the profile of Saudi Arabian soccer and continued to attain at a prolific price, he has needed to watch rivals Al Ittihad (twice) and Al-Hilal topped champion throughout his time within the league.