Chelsea are reportedly in switch talks for Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez, with negotiations now seeming to maneuver ahead due to the involvement of super-agent Jorge Mendes.
Fernandez has established himself as one of many most interesting younger gamers in world soccer in current occasions, having shone since his transfer to Benfica in the summertime, and along with his commanding shows for Argentina as they gained the World Cup in Qatar this winter.
In accordance with The Athletic, Chelsea now appear to be progressing in talks over the 22-year-old, with Mendes’ involvement seeming to have helped transfer issues alongside after preliminary struggles to achieve a breakthrough earlier on this switch window.
Fernandez seems supreme to strengthen Chelsea’s midfield, with Graham Potter certainly prone to profit from bringing in a prime younger participant as each N’Golo Kante and Jorginho look previous their peak.
There’s additionally uncertainty over whether or not the duo will even be at Chelsea subsequent season, as each are because of be out of contract on the finish of this marketing campaign.
Fernandez may very well be the answer for the Blues in that space of the pitch for a lot of the subsequent decade if he does be a part of, so it may very well be nice enterprise, even when the younger South American clearly gained’t come low-cost.