The honeymoon between Joao Felix and Barcelona is over

The Portuguese lost space in the team, and is now a primary substitute and represents a difference in views between management and coach Xavi.

About a month and a half ago Joao Felix put in an impressive performance against Atletico Madrid, the club that deemed him expendable and loaned him to Barcelona last summer. In that confrontation, the Portuguese striker scored his seventh goal of the season in a 1-0 win. But since then, Felix's relationship with Barcelona began to deteriorate.

The Portuguese started the next match – a heavy defeat at home to Girona with a score of 2-4 – then scored against Valencia in a draw (1-1) and started against Almeria, and was substituted in the first half of that match, after a poor performance. The performance of the entire team against the last-placed team in La Liga, which ended in a casual 3-2 win. Collis.

He was then a substitute with Las Palmas in the tournament, as well as in the two Spanish Super Cup matches, with Osasuna and Real Madrid, returning from Saudi Arabia as an obvious substitute, leading the Spanish daily AS. Claiming that Felix had become Hot potato In the Barcelona squad.

This is because Xavi intended in the summer to sign a midfielder to compensate for the departure of Sergio Busquets and a player similar to Bernardo Silva (since his signing was impossible), but none of these goals were achieved. Instead, Oriol Romeu and Ilkay Gundogan were signed and Fermin Lopez, from the XI, was called up to the main squad.

Furthermore, the same newspaper claims good relations between agent Jorge Mendes and the club's sporting director blaugrana, Deco facilitated Joao Felix's loan to the club – so the Portuguese was not an explicit request from Xavi.

Despite a promising start to the season, it took time for Felix's performances to convince both management and the coach – he scored four goals in his first four matches, but only four goals in the next 21 matches – and Barcelona's interest in signing him. It has decreased significantly. This is after the club made an effort to significantly increase his salary.

The Portuguese was the lowest paid player at the club

It remains to be seen how Felix will be managed in the second half of the season, as it seems unlikely that he will be counted as a player for Barcelona's future, but the club will want to make use of him, even if only in the short term. Term, in order to make your loan profitable as well.