Enzo Fernandez: Chelsea agree British record signing from Benfica on an eight-and-a-half year contract for £106.8m

Chelsea have agreed a deal to signal World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez from Benfica on an eight-and-a-half 12 months contract value £106.8 million.

A deal between Chelsea and Benfica over how the charge can be structured was sealed within the remaining hours of the January switch window – a £30 million upfront charge adopted by 5 instalments – with an settlement reportedly reached at 9:15pm UK time.

The switch has been confirmed in a press release by Benfica.

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Fernandez will reportedly fly to London on Wednesday, February 1.

The Argentina worldwide will probably be a welcome addition to Graham Potter’s aspect, who’ve struggled within the early a part of the season and are going through the robust activity of securing Champions League soccer.

He joined Benfica for £10m and has represented the membership 25 instances, scoring three targets following his transfer from River Plate in July 2020.

Fernandez scored 12 instances and registered 10 assists in 53 video games for the Argentine Primera Division aspect earlier than transferring to Europe. River Plate have a 25 per cent sell-on clause on Fernandez’s switch to Chelsea.

The midfielder, who performed a key position in Argentina’s triumphant World Cup marketing campaign, was offered with the Younger Participant of the Event in Qatar. Fernandez scored for Argentina of their essential group stage win towards Mexico.

He performed solely thrice previous to their World Cup marketing campaign, making his debut in September.

Chelsea have been essentially the most energetic Premier League membership within the January switch window. Their spending has now reached £322m this window with Fernandez turning into the eighth signing.

Fernandez has adopted Malo Gusto, Joao Felix, Benoit Badiashile, David Datro Fofana, Mykhailo Mudryk, Andrey Santos and Noni Madueke to Chelsea.

In the meantime, Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech was reportedly set to maneuver to Paris Saint-Germain on mortgage till the top of the season, however the deal collapsed.

A number of stories counsel Chelsea didn’t submit the paperwork in time for the transfer to be processed.

The Morocco worldwide has performed 98 instances for Chelsea since his arrival from Ajax in 2020, scoring 14 targets.