Koulibaly reveals which Chelsea signings have been 'magic'

James Shearman

• Updated: 18 Feb 2023 17:18 GMT
• 3 min read

Kalidou Koulibaly has described two of his Chelsea teammates as 'magic' despite their poor form.

It hasn't resulted in an upturn in form, but the Blues broke the record for spending in the recent January transfer window.

Eight new faces were brought in to add quality to Graham Potter's faltering squad but Koulibaly has highlighted two in particular.

READ: Atletico lower Joao Felix price to seal Chelsea transfer

''They are all good,'' Koulibaly told GOAL. ''But Mykhailo [Mudryk] – I was following Mykhailo for a long time because we were in contact on Instagram so I know him a little bit.

''He’s really, really good in training – really fast, good with the ball – and Joao Felix also, everybody knows [about] him so, when they have the ball in their feet there is like some magic also, it’s good for us.''

Felix to Chelsea?

Chelsea want to make Joao Felix's loan from Atletico Madrid permanent at the end of the season, but they have no intention of helping the Spaniards recoup much of the €126 million they paid for him in 2019.

Felix became the second-most expensive teenager of all time, after Kylian Mbappe, when he swapped Benfica for Atletico in July 2019, and he has shown flashes of his brilliance in the Spanish capital.

The Portuguese forward had 13 goal-involvements from 31 games as Atletico won La Liga in 2021, but he has fallen out of favour under Diego Simeone and was allowed to join Chelsea on loan for an €11m fee in January.

All parties concerned - Felix, Chelsea and Atletico - are interested in making the deal permanent at the end of the season, but the clubs are yet to agree on what his fee might be.

Valued at €44.3m by FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm, his asking price will fluctuate based on his Chelsea performances, and the Blues also want to throw players into the deal to act as makeweights.