Chelsea signal Benfica’s Enzo Fernández (Credit by Google)

Chelsea signal Benfica’s Enzo Fernández for British report £106.8m fee

Chelsea’s stunning spending spree endured when they broke the British switch file to signal Enzo Fernández for €121m (£106.8m) after a frenzied day of negotiations with Benfica.

The deal takes Chelsea’s spending underneath the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital possession to greater than £500m and is any other signal of their willpower to dominate the switch market. Negotiations had been led via the co-owner Behdad Eghbali, who was once dogged during discussions with Benfica on Tuesday, and Graham Potter will hope Fernández makes his aspect more advantageous in central midfield.

It is understood that Chelsea, who offered Jorginho to Arsenal for £10m plus £2m in add-ons beforehand in the evening, reached a settlement with Benfica about two hours earlier than the window shut at 11pm UK time. Fernández’s contract contained a €120m (£105.9m) launch clause and Benfica had been adamant it be paid in full. Chelsea failed with a bid for the 22-year-old in the past in the window however had made him their pinnacle goal in midfield. Talks reopened over the weekend.

Chelsea, who with this deal have offered sixteen gamers when you consider that ultimate season ended, have been reluctant to set off the clause due to the fact of worries over breaching monetary honest play regulations. Negotiations centred round fee buildings that would fulfill FFP rules. Chelsea sooner or later agreed to pay greater than the clause however over numerous instalments. The deal eclipses the preceding British report – Jack Grealish’s £100m pass from Aston Villa to Manchester City in 2021. Benfica signed him closing yr from River Plate, who are have a 25% sell-on clause.

Chelsea endured with their coverage of providing long-term deals. Fernández, who helped Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar, has agreed an eight-year deal. The membership consider that handing out such offers will assist them meet FFP rules. Amortisation is the key – spreading the value of a rate over the size of a contract. However Uefa is set to alternate these guidelines from the summer, with golf equipment anticipated to be stopped from spreading the value of prices for greater than a duration of 5 years.

Chelsea, who are tenth in the Premier League, exceeded Mykhailo Mudryk an eight-and-a-half-year 1/2 deal after signing the Ukraine winger from Shakhtar Donetsk for £88.8m. Potter’s crew are out of each cups and face a combat to qualify for the Champions League.


The hierarchy have backed Potter no matter a string of disappointing performances. Along with paying massive charges for Mudryk and Fernández, Chelsea paid £8.8m to mortgage João Félix from Atlético Madrid and sold Andrey Santos, Davide Datro Fofana, Benoît Badiashile and Noni Madueke. Malo Gusto used to be offered from Lyon and loaned returned to the French club.

A sketch to mortgage Hakim Ziyech to Paris Saint-Germain collapsed at the remaining minute and Potter has been left with a large squad. Chelsea will be capable to register solely three signings in their 25-man squad for the Champions League. They meet Borussia Dortmund in the closing 16.