Enzo Fernández, on the cover of a Portuguese newspaper a few hours before the quarterfinals against the Tigers

Enzo Fernandez constantly adding lovers in Europe. On Wednesday, the River midfielder appeared on the cover of the Portuguese Record newspaper, as information was leaked that one of that country’s greats was interested in him. “Benfica want Enzo Fernández”entitled the aforementioned Lusitanian newspaper, citing Enzo as a weakness of Rui Costapresident of the Board of Directors of Las Águilas, a group that already has Argentine Nicolás Otamendi in its ranks.

“Considered fundamental to Marcelo Gallardo’s team structure, the midfielder is seen as a natural leader”, says the Record, but he also hopes that, if interest grows, it won’t be easy for him to keep it. First of all, because Fernández He has a contract until 2025 on the River and a high recovery clause, of € 20 million. Another issue is the huge competition for Enzo.

Enzo Francescoli, River’s technical secretary and idol who gave Fernández’s name, expects the midfielder who achieved his explosion when he was loaned to Defense and Justice will be one of the most sought after players in the next few seasons. market pass and This process is accelerated by the very high level the footballer has maintained since the end of 2021 and early 2022, with the highest level of goals, which naturally aroused the interest of the most important team on the Old Continent. Besides, Lionel Scaloni has already called him to the Argentine National Team.

At the beginning of the year it was leaked Jose Angel Sanchezthe general director of Real Madrid since 2006, approached the president Florentino Perez Fernández’s technical monitoring report for the Spanish giant’s search to strengthen that sector in the short term.

Later, River’s jewel also entered Manchester United’s plans, even sending a scouter to Monumental to see it firsthand. The issue is that England’s “Red Devils” are in the midst of changing the coach (Erik ten Hag, current Ajax manager, is coming to replace German Ralf Rangnick) and will all be subject to the new manager’s approval.

From this same city in England, follow-up versions of Pep Guardiola and sports director Txiki Begiristain also arrived and even mentioned the possibility of including Valentín Castellanos in a possible negotiation.

In addition, the River steering wheel also rang loudly Seville and in the orbit of Monchi (the sports director of that Spanish club) while in Italy quite a few links the midfielder’s future with Inter: the Milanese team needs to strengthen its midfield before the impending departure of Arturo vidal. And, in addition, they seek to negotiate with Uruguayan Neighbor of Matthias. Therefore, Inter need to exit the market to find at least one midfielder with the characteristics of Enzo Fernandez.