Chelsea stays with Enzo Fernández for a record fee that places him in the Top 6 in football history

Enzo Fernández’s future is defined. On Tuesday afternoon, on the verge of the transfer market in England, Chelsea agreed with Portugal’s Benfica on the transfer of the midfielder, who was undergoing a medical while the final documents were signed to seal his move to London. The transfer of the world champion from the Argentina national team will be around 120 million euros, which places him in the Top 6 in football history.

The information was confirmed by the Italian journalist Fabricius Romanspecialized in the European market.

It will be the most expensive transfer in the Premier League and for an Argentinian player (it will exceed Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli to Juventus), e the sixth in football history.

The former River played his cards to put pressure and He was not called up for the duel on the same day in the match against Arouca for the Portuguese championship.

Enzo also didn’t train alongside his teammates in Monday’s training session, in which he only performed a few movements in the gym, to then chat face to face with the coach. Roger Schmidtto whom he would have communicated his willingness to leave Benfica in this transfer market. The DT didn’t even put him on the concentrate list for this Tuesday.

“We have to be prepared for everything when the market closes, especially if things are not in our hands. We know there’s a problem with Enzo. There is a release clause, if he wants to leave and the club pays that amount, we can’t avoid it. We have to be prepared, find solutions.” Schmidt assured in his last press conference.

In any case, the trainer does not consider the operation concluded, far from it. “He is our player, there was no agreement. He has our full support, he is a great person, an extraordinary player. I have already said everything on this matter. With the open market, anything can happen. There were several conversations at the beginning of January, he focused on Benfica, he played great games and that shows his quality. I will be very happy when the market closes and we can focus on the matches we have” he said.

Chelsea’s latest offer

After several weeks of talks between the clubs, from London in the last few hours they have relaunched the offer and also adjusted the payment terms. The ‘blue’ team parted ways with Italian midfielder Jorginho on Tuesday, who will play with Premier League leaders Arsenal, which was a preview of the deal.

Portugal’s Eagles, of course, were unwilling to part with Enzo, whom they bought last July and barely enjoyed a handful of matches, which lifted him to first place in the league and a great campaign in the Champions League. where he won the group he shared with Lionel Messi’s PSG.

In River they look forward to it

Enzo’s confirmation at Chelsea does it the most expensive Argentinian in historyleaving behind the transfers of Pipita Higuaín, from Napoli to Juve, for 90 million euros, in 2016, and that of Ángel Di María, from Real Madrid to United, for 75 clubs, in 2014 (the world record is held by PSG, who bought Ney for 222 million). It is also the most expensive payment in English football history.

And in Núñez they celebrate: it is that river, which sold it last year, He keeps 25% of the player’s economic rights, so with this sale he would collect 32.5 million euros. And there’s more: he still has to receive two bonuses of two million euros each for objectives to be achieved guaranteed by the contract. And 3.5% should be added for the solidarity mechanism, which would reach 4,585,000 euros. The total sum Enzo would leave from the club would exceed 41 million.