Enzo Fernández’s novel doesn’t end: Chelsea return to the fray with an impossible figure but another giant enters the scene

mvp. It seems to be the acronym that best suits Enzo Fernández since he arrived in Europe. The game of the former River and Defense and Justice has gone up like a rocket. Needless to repeat, whether it’s at Falcon, Mollo, in the Champions League with Benfica or in the World Cup final, Enzo plays as if he were in his own backyard. This weekend he was once again the protagonist in the victory against Santa Clara. Argentinian has crack stuff. The two goals passed certify it. And also what happened after the match: a fan sneaked onto the pitch to greet him and when the security men took him away, Enzo stopped them and gave the boy his shirt.

Is that, after his great World Cup, all the cameras point to Fernández every time he appears with his team. The same as the scouts of the European giants who never cease to be amazed by a protagonist player in practically every game.

After the summer soap opera, where Chelsea and Benfica have pulled the string to the point of cutting it (the Blues have been negotiating for a couple of weeks but have not reached an agreement for the transfer of the player), in Europe they ensure that the English team returns at Enzo’s charge.

Despite his release clause being 120 million euros, Chelsea, who have already spent 180 million in this market (on the signings of Benoit Badiashile, Joao Félix, Mijailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke), had offered 74 million euros. Now, in Europe they say that the obsession of the new owner of the club after the departure of Román Abramóvich, Todd Boehly, is Fernández and would stretch to “100 kilos”.

In Madrid they are also crazy about Enzo. Newspapers in the Spanish capital say Real must “sign him immediately”. Plan A for Ancelotti is the English Bellingham, but the next is the Argentine. There they ensure that their tranquility in the face of so many versions has to do with their desire to jump towards the merengue. But that would only happen in the summer transfer market.

We will have to see if one of the two clubs accelerates to catch Enzo. What is clear is that it is his last days (six months?) at Benfica. And that he will win the highest bidder.