Chelsea is targeting Argentine youngster Enzo Fernandez in this January transfer window who got the young player award in the Fifa World cup 2022. The Blues are in searching for a midfielder in this transfer window as Jorginho and Kante are both will be out of contract at the end of the season. Besides, since August they haven’t played due to injury. Graham Potter wants to enrich his squad with young players, he also wants to start with new recruits for midfield. Clearly, Enzo was their first target.
Enzo Fernandez’s Stats and Performance So Far
Enzo Fernandez made his first-team debut for his first club River Plate in 2019. He played 51 matches for the club and scored 12 goals. He also spend two seasons on loan in Defensa y Justicia where he played 16 matches. He joined Portuguese club Benfica in the summer of 2022, played 25 matches for the club, and scored 3 goals. On 24 July 2019, Fernández got his first international call from Argentina’s U18s manager Esteban Solari to represent his nation at the 2019 COTIF Tournament in Spain.
The FIFA Young Player of the Tournament Winner, Enzo Fernandez
The FIFA Young Player of the Tournament award winner, Enzo is now the second only most coveted young midfielder list. Chelsea mainly looking for Jorginho replacement who will be a free agent soon. The 21-year-old sensation has 22 matches unbeaten record with his club.
Benfica’s Position on Enzo Fernandez Transfer
Benfica Claims Chealsea’s position for Enzo Fernández is “Disrespectful”. Benfica is not in any mood or not under any obligation to sell Fernandez and the club clearly stated that Benfica will not settle for any value under €120million release clause. Benfica’s manager thinks he finds it disrespectful regarding Chealsea’s position towards Enzo Fernández as the contract is now on hold.
Benfica’s Manager Schmidt said
“Enzo, we don’t want to sell him, nobody wants to sell him at this club,” “Everybody knows he has a clause in his contract, and, of course, if the player wants to leave and somebody comes and pays the clause we cannot work against that and so then maybe we will lose the player.”
“There’s a club who want our player, they know we don’t want to sell the player, they tried to get the player on their side and they know that they only can get this player when they pay the clause so it’s a very clear situation.”
“They try to get the player on their side. It’s disrespectful against all of us, against Benfica and I cannot accept what they are doing.”
Is Enzo Fernandez worth the Transfer Fee?
Enzo Fernandez hasn’t got enough caliber and time to prove his true worth, therefore there’s a very small sample size to compare him with others, to predict, and to find out his strengths & weaknesses. Despite the issue, he’s been targeted by a few European clubs, his biggest achievement is becoming the Young Player of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Tournament.
