SL Benfica sporting director Rui Costa has conceded the club cannot stand in the way of Joao Felix's eventual departure to a major European club, lending weight to the reports linking him with a move to Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool among other potential destinations.
The teenage forward has set Portuguese football alight in his debut season in Lisbon, scoring a remarkable ten goals in 18 Liga Primaveira appearances, leading to subsequent links to virtually every big club in Europe with a transfer budget.
City have most recently been touted as the front-runners, and while efforts have previously been made to drastically up his release clause in order to keep him at the club, it does seem inevitable that he'll be off sooner rather than later - something club legend Costa concedes, as per Tutto Mercato.