One important Chelsea first-team player is reportedly eyeing a move away.
That’s according to a recent report from Football Transfers, who claims midfielder Enzo Fernandez is keen to leave the club despite signing less than one year ago.
Although Moises Caicedo’s £115 million fee from Brighton ended up surpassing his, Fernandez, 22, became the Premier League’s most expensive player when he signed from Benfica last summer in an eye-watering deal worth over £100 million (Sky Sports).
Undoubtedly rated exceptionally highly by Chelsea, the Argentina international has been expected to flourish and form a formidable partnership with Caicedo — that hasn’t quite happened though with the pair coming under fire for some lacklustre performances.
And despite signing a deal that runs until 2032 after Chelsea already triggered a one-year extension, Fernandez and his long-time agent Uriel Perez are already holding talks with other clubs over a possible early Stamford Bridge exit.
Enzo Fernandez already wants out of Chelsea
It is hard not to believe that a player of Fernandez’s calibre, which of course includes a World Cup winner’s medal, is happy at Stamford Bridge at the moment. The team are underperforming and he is becoming one of the side’s scapegoats.
However, with a deal not set to expire for another eight years, it is almost impossible to imagine a pathway out of London.
Chelsea will know they have all the control when it comes to negotiations, and unless a club decide to make an offer that at least matches the fee they paid for him there will almost certainly be no way out for the 23-year-old.
Well he will have to start playing better to make any club interested in him and to make them want to pay for his buyout clause. He will have to start playing with some confidence pride and passion. Which the hole Chelsea team are lacking at the moment. Need John Terry as part of the first team squad to let them know what pride and passion is needed wearing the Chelsea shirt.
Spot on
Chelski are a mess and playing manager mode in FIFA doesn’t win anything. They don’t know how to work with young talent and are a dying club run by idiots. Really enjoying the fall of the we bought everything the last ten years team go down in flames. Karma!
Am sure you envied them all these years, dying in silence