Manchester Metropolis have agreed to pay a joint-British switch report payment of £125m for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Fernandez joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2023 for a then-British report payment of £107m, along with his newest swap matching the £125m that Liverpool paid for Alexander Isak on at the present time final summer time.
The golf equipment have been negotiating over the previous 24 hours and have now reached an settlement.
Fernandez will now bear a medical forward of signing a long-term deal at Metropolis. Private phrases is not going to be a difficulty.
Argentina worldwide Fernandez labored with Metropolis supervisor Enzo Maresca throughout the Italian’s reign at Chelsea.
Maresca is eager to work with him once more after shedding a number of midfielders this summer time.
Fernandez was not concerned in Chelsea’s 4-3 Premier League win over Brighton on Sunday or their 2-0 Carabao Cup victory towards Luton three days earlier, as reviews in Argentina instructed he requested to be unnoticed of the squad.
It’s the second time this summer time that Metropolis have damaged their very own switch report, following the £116m arrival of Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.
Fernandez turns into the fourth participant to maneuver to a Premier League membership for a payment of not less than £100m this summer time – following Morgan Rogers (£117m) to Chelsea, Bradley Barcola to Liverpool (£123m) and Metropolis’s signing of Anderson.
4 midfielders have departed the Etihad Stadium this summer time – Tijjani Reijnders joined Saudi Arabian membership Al-Qadsiah for £52m, Barcelona signed Rodri for £65m, Nico Gonzalez made a £52m transfer to Newcastle and Bernardo Silva departed earlier in the summertime earlier than becoming a member of Actual Madrid as a free agent.
Metropolis have additionally bought Savio to Tottenham for £75m, and can obtain £60m from the London membership subsequent summer time when Omar Marmoush’s mortgage transfer is made everlasting.
Metropolis have bolstered by signing 18-year-old midfielder Ayoub Bouaddi from Lille for £86m, Brazilian winger Allan Elias for £34m, plus winger Jeremy Monga and goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli for extra modest charges.
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