Enzo Fernandez in motion for Chelsea in the course of the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on the Emirates Stadium (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Chelsea are making ready for one more busy summer season, and that would embody promoting one in all their necessary gamers: Enzo Fernandez.
Enzo arrived within the switch window after the 2022 World Cup with a whole lot of expectations – and a really excessive switch charge. Nonetheless, it has usually been a wrestle for the Argentine midfielder, though his fortunes have improved this season beneath the steerage of head coach Enzo Maresca.
He’s having his greatest season at Chelsea when it comes to output, with 5 objectives and 9 assists throughout all competitions (4 and 5 respectively within the Premier League). Alongside Moises Caicedo, who has been a standout performer for Maresca’s facet this season, he has constructed a powerful partnership, however that would evaporate in the course of the summer season switch window.
Chelsea are mentioned to be keen to promote Enzo in the summertime, with Actual Madrid reported to be one of many golf equipment fascinated by signing him. But it surely seems that the opposite massive membership within the Spanish capital are additionally sniffing round.
Atletico Madrid eyeing Enzo Fernandez switch
As reported by El Desmarque, Atletico Madrid have launched a “mission” in the course of the ongoing worldwide break, and that’s to persuade Enzo to make the transfer to the RiyadhAir Metropolitano.
There are 5 gamers from Diego Simeone’s facet which have been referred to as as much as the Argentina squad (Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina, Giuliano Simeone, Ángel Correa and Julián Álvarez) for his or her upcoming World Cup 2026 qualifiers in opposition to Uruguay and Brazil, they usually have been tasked with sweet-talking the Chelsea man.
Chelsea are reported to have set a minimal asking worth of €80m on Enzo, so it is going to be attention-grabbing to see whether or not Atletico can afford this quantity in the summertime – particularly when contemplating they spent massive on the likes of Alvarez and ex-Blue Conor Gallagher in 2024.
