Ian Wright blown away by ‘top quality’ Chelsea player in draw against West Ham

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Ian Wright was blown away by Chelsea star Joao Felix while watching his performance this afternoon against West Ham.

Felix, making just his second appearance for the Blues, scored a fantastic volley to put the visitors ahead at the London Stadium.

The 23-year-old attacker returned to the starting XI after serving a three-game suspension for a red card and was central to so much of Chelsea’s good play.

However, West Ham took a point from the Premier League fixture, with the game finishing 1-1, courtesy of Emerson Palmieri’s first-half equaliser.

Joao Felix dazzles

There’s no doubt Felix has the touch of class that makes him really stand out in Chelsea’s attack.

The Portugal international hugely impressed in the No.10 position against West Ham and caused the opposition so much trouble with his movement.

Aside from his excellent volley, he also had a goal earlier chalked out by VAR for a marginal offside.

Pundit Ian Wright was one of so many people to be impressed by Felix on the weekend:

“The front four look very exciting, Joao Felix, we saw what he done against Fulham and we know he’s a top quality player. He’s getting into positions, getting past people, passing past people, he’s doing everything. He’s very unfortunate not to have two goals,” Ian Wright told Premier League productions (1:29pm, 11 February).

There’s already cries in the Chelsea fanbase for the club to turn his loan deal into a permanent one.

The Evening Standard claimed this week that Atletico Madrid would probably demand between £70million-£80million to let Felix go permanently in the summer.

It’s been a breath of fresh air to watch him during his brief minutes so far in a blue shirt.

There’s already little partnerships beginning to form with the likes of Kai Havertz and Enzo Fernandez, so it’ll be exciting to see how they develop moving forward.

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