By Bobby Vincent
Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis have reached a £125million settlement for the switch of Enzo Fernandez within the last hours of switch deadline day.
A summer-long switch saga is reaching its conclusion with Fernandez lastly getting his want to reunite with former Blues head coach Enzo Maresca on the Etihad Stadium. Sources have instructed soccer.london that Chelsea have agreed to promote the 25-year-old midfielder for £125m to their Premier League rivals.
That could be a club-record sale from Chelsea, who managed to get greater than the £120m they initially quoted Man Metropolis this summer time. As quickly as Fernandez made his need to depart Stamford Bridge clear again in Might, Chelsea knowledgeable potential suitors they would want to splash £120m to accumulate the Argentina worldwide.
These phrases had been on the desk till earlier this month. Chelsea elevated their price ticket after no membership engaged with their unofficial switch deadline for Fernandez, at 5pm on August 14. Metropolis opened talks with the Blues formally on Monday night – and that was the primary time there was direct club-to-club contact all summer time – and noticed an early supply rebuffed for the Argentine.
After an intense day of negotiations on Tuesday, deadline day, the 2 golf equipment have lastly reached an settlement. Fernandez has been determined to depart Stamford Bridge all summer-long and whereas Chelsea had been comfortable to maintain him as a part of Xabi Alonso’s squad, they had been by no means going to show down a joint-British switch report.
The sale of Fernandez means Chelsea will financial institution past £400m this summer time, together with add-ons. That could be a report quantity and surpasses the £340m that Paris Saint-Germain acquired this summer time.
Within the last hours of the window, Chelsea need to add at the least another participant. Manu Kone stays an choice however there may be an acceptance that placing a cope with AS Roma will show difficult with supervisor Gian Piero Gasperini determined to maintain maintain of the France worldwide past the 11pm deadline.
A deal for Lamine Camara seems extra simple however nothing is agreed on the time of writing. Chelsea noticed a £38.5m supply turned down by AS Monaco for the Senegal worldwide earlier on within the day however stay locked in talks with the Ligue 1 membership.
