he best player of the World Cup in Qatar, Enzo Fernandez should indeed leave Benfica this winter. Indeed, the Argentinian midfielder has already agreed to join Chelsea, who will try to negotiate with the Portuguese club to facilitate his transfer.
Enzo Fernandez, direction Chelsea.
Enzo Fernandez had a year 2022 rich in emotions. Revealed on the side of River Plate, the Argentinian midfielder discovered Europe Benfica, last July, which paid 18 million euros, including bonuses, to take him across the Atlantic. Barely six months later, the 21-year-old is going to pack his bags.
Fernandez said yes Chelsea
Indeed, his performances during the World Cup in Qatar, where he finished best young player, like Paul Pogba in 2014 and Kylian Mbapp in 2018, left no one indifferent. And like the two French, the world champion with the Albiceleste will be the subject of a nine-figure transfer. According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, the South American has already agreed with Chelsea, who offered him a huge salary extension to move to London. A movement which must still be subject to certain conditions.
More than €130 million?
And for good reason, the Portuguese team has already announced that it wants to recover the 120 million euros from the player’s release clause. In order not to pay this amount in one installment as is normally the case for this type of transfer, the leaders of the Blues will have to negotiate a higher price with their Lisbon counterparts. The latest proposal, of 130 million euros, could therefore be revised upwards in order to spread the settlement of the transaction over several seasons. And to definitively rule out the competition.
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