The 23-year-old has moved to Stamford Bridge on a deal till the top of the season that has value £8million plus his £270,000-a-week wages.
Potter will hope Felix can shortly adapt to English soccer however the Chelsea supervisor has stated that “from a physical perspective he can go in”.
Taking the No11 shirt, Felix can contribute each targets and assists with Chelsea’s non-penalty anticipated targets the fifth lowest within the Premier League.
That statistic means the Blues aren’t creating sufficient possibilities and reveals the necessity to play Felix as quickly as doable, particularly with accidents to Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic.
In footage: Joao Felix in first Chelsea coaching session
Potter isn’t wedded to any explicit system and can ask Felix to adapt to quite a lot of formations and positions.
Primarily for Atletico Madrid and Portugal, Felix performs in one among three positions. He can line up as a striker, as a No10 or, resulting from being right-footed, as an inverted left winger.
Chelsea might put him in his favoured No10 function to assist enhance probability creation in a 4-2-3-1 system. He would then take the place of Kai Havertz or Mason Mount within the central attacking function.
In a 4-3-3, which Chelsea have used typically, Felix can be a left winger. When Chelsea deploy a again three, they may use him on the left wing, as a No10 or as a central striker.
Ideally, Felix would work with a striker which could see a resurgence from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has scored simply three targets in 15 matches for Chelsea.
