Chelsea have agreed a £105m deal in precept with Benfica for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Chelsea have been in talks to signal the World Cup winner all through this month however Benfica had refused to do enterprise except the Blues paid his €120m (£105m) launch clause.
Ought to Fernandez’s deal to Stamford Bridge undergo with none issues, the switch will surpass the £100m Manchester Metropolis paid for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa 18 months in the past, making him the most costly Premier League signing ever.
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Evaluation: What Fernandez will deliver to Chelsea
Sky Sports activities’ Ron Walker:
“Fernandez’s attributes make it clear how he might help. Nonetheless solely midway by his first season with Benfica, he has racked up the second-most assists within the Primeira Liga, and created 30 possibilities for his team-mates – a few of them notably eye-catching, and a shocking pinpoint set-up for Goncalo Ramos towards Sporting earlier this month maybe the choose of the bunch.
“It’s that sort of playmaking potential which had Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid serious about bringing him in from boyhood aspect River Plate final summer time earlier than he settled on a transfer to Lisbon.
“Nobody within the Portuguese high flight has made extra passes than the Argentine, and if he does show to interchange Jorginho at Stamford Bridge, he will even present one thing further within the ultimate third the place he tops the charts for passes too.
“Ought to Chelsea wish to play with a midfield two, he would supply a greater possibility there too. Fernandez has already taken accountability with out the ball at Benfica, slotting into an anchorman function often as required. He has been one of many league’s high tacklers, and solely 10 gamers throughout the division have received the ball again extra within the center third regardless of his appreciable output additional up the pitch.”
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