Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez reportedly has a verbal agreement over a transfer to Manchester City, according to Fabrizio Romano.
However, there have not yet been concrete club-to-club negotiations, which will be required to ensure a deal can be struck before the transfer deadline.
According to Romano, posting on his official account on X, there should be negotiations soon as Chelsea and Man City look to finally reach an agreement to end this long-running saga.
See below for details as Fernandez himself already has an agreement to join City…
??? Enzo Fernández has a verbal agreement with Manchester City on personal terms.
Deal depends on club to club decision as #MCFC have not sent official bid yet but contacts will take place soon; decision on price up to Chelsea.
Enzo could be out again this weekend. pic.twitter.com/NW85VXOfRj
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 29, 2026
“Enzo Fernández has a verbal agreement with Manchester City on personal terms. Deal depends on club to club decision as #MCFC have not sent official bid yet but contacts will take place soon; decision on price up to Chelsea. Enzo could be out again this weekend,” Romano posted.
Fernandez is yet to play for Chelsea so far this season, with manager Xabi Alonso leaving him out of the squad for the Premier League win at Fulham and the Carabao Cup tie with Luton Town.
Enzo Fernandez to continue Manchester City’s midfield revolution?
City have already spent big on midfielders this summer, bringing in two hugely exciting talents in the form of Elliot Anderson and Ayyoub Bouaddi.
However, the departure of an experienced and influential figure like Rodri is such a blow, that it makes sense for City to look again for a third signing in that area of the pitch.
Nico Gonzalez has also left MCFC for a move to Newcastle United, so it would probably be sensible to add further depth in that department.
Still, if Fernandez does join, it will be interesting to see how City line up, as it’s hard to see how Enzo Maresca can regularly fit in all three of Fernandez, Anderson, and Bouaddi.
Chelsea fans will also surely be intrigued to see how they deal with Fernandez’s exit, as there isn’t much time left for the Blues to find a top quality replacement.
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They were agreed 3 months ago. Pathetic game playing. Tell them to pay 150 or get lost.
Yet still no bid, I would be tempted to tell them to bugger off and let the sulky prima donna rot in the reserves for a year
let chelsea sell Enzo to another club because the two Enzo are traitors.
Why Enzo Maresca decide to ruin Chelsea after deliberately abandoned the club @mid season?
His actions made Chelsea out of champions League zone.
He done that deliberately to Chelsea so we wouldn’t be in the Champions League and he would have a chance to take more players as they wouldn’t be playing in Europe. Enzo Maresca is a scumbag.
As a long standing Chelsea supporter, o am dumb founded that we’re entertaining this nonsense from Man City …we had a deadline which they failed to submit an offer !!! END OF STORY !!’ They had ample opportunity to get an offer in and they chose not to.,so why are we driving ourselves crazy ??? And to compound it all they still haven’t submitted an offer and the window closes on Tuesday…leaving us no time ti get a replacement!!!it seems to me that and to wider population that we don’t have the balls to shut the door in door in Man Cith face because we need the money !!!it makes us look weak spineless!!! Thank Clearlake for dragging my club into the gutter
You can keep him man city are’t bothered. Who wants a player whoe’s got no respect for club or country.But don’t worry Chelsea fans He’ll still be a Chelsea player come Wednesday.We’ve enough wide players so please god willing He’ll still be yours I and honestly think Chelsea have a good chance of winning the league and that’s coming from a Man City fan
Chelsea is a wired club come to the real deal bro!