After travelling to London, Omorodion was supposed to finalize his £34.5 million deal on a seven-year deal with an additional year’s option. However, talks stalled, and despite efforts by both parties to resolve the issue, the deal appears to be off.

To balance out their trades for Conor Gallagher of Chelsea and Julian Alvarez of Manchester City, Atletico sought to unload Omorodion. Even though the transactions are set up, Atletico must sell.Aston Villa had expressed interest in Joao Felix, who was on loan at Chelsea before, and now talks regarding him have resumed.

While on loan at Barcelona last season, Felix scored 10 goals in forty-four appearances, adding to his four goals in twenty games for Chelsea.The Catalan club was in a tough financial spot, so they couldn’t offer the player a good enough deal to sign a permanent term.

After Benfica transferred Felix to Atletico for £114 million in July 2019, he became the fourth most expensive player in history.

The future of the Portugal international is up in the air despite his preseason appearances for Diego Simeone’s squad.

Last week, Mail Sport reported that Atletico Madrid offered Manchester City Felix in exchange for Javier Alvarez.

After haggling over a fee, City and River Plate agreed to part ways with the Argentinian striker for €75 million (£64 million). He will depart City little over two years after joining in 2022.