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Aston Villa 'still leading the race' to sign wantaway Atletico Madrid star Joao Felix, with PSG 'REJECTING' the chance to move for the forward

Aston Villa are still leading the race to sign Joao Felix after PSG pulled out of a potential deal, according to a report.

The forward's future is up in the air after his loan spell at Chelsea, which didn't go to plan and ended with the London club opting against making a permanent move for the forward.

He has returned to parent club Atletico Madrid but doesn't appear to be in manager Diego Simeone's plans ahead of the new campaign.

He's free to look for opportunities elsewhere but the £113million transfer fee Madrid paid for the Portugal star means it's proving hard to find suitors to try and recoup as much of the money as possible.