FC Barcelona have made several high-profile signings in the recently ended summer transfer window despite their weak financial conditions.
The club brought in Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City, who won every possible trophy with Manchester City last season. Similarly, the Catalans have also signed the Brazilian wonderkid, Vitor Roque, who has been enjoying a prolonged run of form in Brazil, and was the target of multiple top European clubs.
Felix fulfills his dream of playing for Barcelona
Another high-profile player that Barcelona brought in on the deadline day is the Portuguese Joao Felix. The Catalans had to race against time to complete the operation for Felix but were able to successfully sign and register him before the transfer window ended.
Now, Felix has already been presented as a Barcelona player and has already shared his emotions about playing for the Blaugranes. As Mundo Deportivo has highlighted, the Portugal international appeared alongside Joan Laporta and shared his emotions after joining the Catalan club:
“Everyone knows how happy I am. I’ve worked to be at this club. It’s a childhood dream; I’m here to help, and I hope it’s a great season.”
“It’s something unique, something I’ve been looking for for a long time. When they told me about the interest, I was very happy. Since I was a child, I watched Barcelona, and we’ve always been Barcelona fans; we had that dream, and here I am. “
Champions League: The objective for Felix
The player then went on to share that his main objective at Barcelona is to win the Champions League:
I want to fight for titles. The Champions League has always been my dream trophy, but let’s take it step by step. We’ll try to win it.”
Felix is somewhat fortunate in this regard, as the draws for this season’s UEFA Champions League group stage have already been made, and Barcelona is going to face Porto, Antwerp, and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Thus, Barcelona have been able to avoid top European clubs in the group stage, which makes it significantly easier for the club to at least advance to the knock-out stages of the tournament, and hopefully fulfill Felix’s objective before his loan stint ends.
