AC Milan are close to agreeing a loan deal for Chelsea’s Joao Felix.

Milan have held an interest in Felix throughout the transfer window and reports in Italy say he was watching the Milan derby on Sunday at the San Siro.

The 25-year-old is set to depart Stamford Bridge on Deadline Day six months after signing permanently from Atletico Madrid for £46.3m.

Felix has six-and-a-half years left on his Stamford Bridge contract. The Portuguese forward has scored seven goals in 20 games since re-joining Chelsea in the summer.

Aston Villa were interested in signing Felix this January with the club’s president of football operations Monchi publicly announcing Unai Emery’s interest in the player.

But it’s understood the Portugal international is now likely to move abroad, with Villa instead moving for Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio.

Blues reject Nkunku loan bid from Man Utd

Chelsea rejected a late loan bid from Manchester United for striker Christopher Nkunku on Sunday.

The French forward did not want to leave on loan in this window and an approach was knocked back anyway by the Blues.

Having loaned out Marcus Rashford and Antony, added to United’s goalscoring issues, United’s endeavour had been to bring in a forward on a temporary deal.

The pursuit of Mathys Tel has proved a futile negotiation as it stands. The Bayern Munich forward agreed to join Tottenham on Deadline Day.

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