Cristiano Ronaldo Wishes Joao Felix Success in Spain

DBasia.news –  Atletico Madrid is very active in the transfer market this summer. One of the big transfers they made was to sell Antoine Griezmann to Barcelona.

Atletico did not waste time and immediately recruited successors, namely Joao Felix. He was brought in from Benfica with a transfer value of 126 million euros, which also made him the fourth most expensive player in history.

The public had certainly pinned high expectations on the player, even though he is only 19 years old, many has demanded Joao Felix to immediately prove his quality, especially after he was purchased at a fantastic price.

Now an interesting comment was made by the football superstar who is also his senior in the Portugal national team, Cristiano Ronaldo. He felt confident that Joao Felix would be able to follow in his footsteps of succeed in Spain.

“Can Joao Felix follow and repeat my success in Spain? Yes, I am certain he can do so. He is a great player and still has potential that can still be developed,” Ronaldo stated as reported by Football Espana.

“You can see that with Bernardo Silva, even though he has become a much more mature player than Joao Felix,” added the player who is currently defending Juventus.

So far, Joao Felix has begun to prove his quality, the player born in Viseu, Portugal has always been Diego Simeone’s first choice. Even in preseason matches he also successfully listed his name on the scoreboard, including when his team defeated Atletico Madrid and Juventus.

He has the potential to continue to become a starter when Los Rojiblancos challenges Leganes in the second week of La Liga on Monday (8/26) WIB.