Chelsea and Benfica hit gridlock in talks over nine-figure Enzo Fernandez deal: report
Chelsea are pushing to make Enzo Fernandez a British record signing before the January deadline passes
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切尔西没有说服销售midfie本菲卡lder Enzo Fernandez for a whopping €120 million, according to reports.
The Argentina international only joined the Portuguese club from River Plate last summer, but shot to stardom by winning the World Cup last month and claiming the tournament’s Best Young Player award.
Recent reports said that the Blues wereon the brink of sealing a club-record deal(opens in new tab)for Fernandez ontransfer deadline day.
The January transfer window closes at 11pm tonight for Premier League sides.
Fabrizio Romano’s(opens in new tab)latest update isn’t a promising one for Chelsea, as he says that Benfica president Rui Costa is yet to agree to a €120m (£105m) sale.
The Stamford Bridge club were hoping for a breakthrough overnight, but that hasn’t happened and they will continue to push for an agreement as the clock ticks down towards the deadline.
The eye-watering figure would be the biggest ever spent by Chelsea, with their previous transfer record standing at £97.5m for Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan in 2021.
它也创造了一项新的英国转移记录,currently held by Manchester City’s £100m move for Jack Grealish the same year.
Chelsea have already been incredibly busy in the market this month, bringing in seven new faces.
Benoit Badiashile was first to join, before David Datro Fofana and Andrey Santos arrived.
Joao Felix then moved to London on loan, before the headline capture of Mykhaylo Mudryk.
Noni Madueke and Malo Gusto have both signed for the two-time Champions League winners, too.
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Declan Rice has reportedly agreed to join Arsenal this summer(opens in new tab), with theWest Ham(opens in new tab)midfielder also a transfer target forChelsea(opens in new tab).
Chelsea havereopened talks over a move for Enzo Fernandez(opens in new tab), whom they were linked with at the start of January.
But the Blueslook set to be beaten by Liverpool to the signature of Wolves star Matheus Nunes this summer(opens in new tab).
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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and aFourFourTwocontributor since 2015. When not pulling on theFFTshirt, he can be found atReuters,The Timesand thei. An Italophile since growing up on a diet ofFootball Italiaon Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.