LONDON.- The Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez will play in the Manchester Cityafter the Citizens reached an agreement with the Chelsea This Tuesday, the last day of the European football transfer market, according to the British press.
The transfer of the 25-year-old Albiceleste international would amount to 125 million pounds (145 million euros or 167 million dollars), according to journalistic versions.
If this amount is confirmed, it would equal the record for the most expensive transfer in the Premier Leaguewhich was established a year ago by the Swedish Alexander Isaac with your pass Newcastle to the Liverpool.
Pending the official announcement, Fernández’s arrival at Etihad Stadium will reinforce the reconstruction of the midfield in the new era of City after the departure of the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola.
The Manchester team has recently added figures such as Elliot Anderson and Ayyoub Bouaddiafter the departures of Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Nico González and Tijjani Reijnders.
Fernández will be placed under the orders of Enzo Marescawith whom he coincided at Chelsea.
The Italian coach was signed in June with the difficult mission of making Guardiola forget, who left the “Sky Blues” bench after a prodigious decade.
The Argentine, one of Chelsea’s vice-captains, joined the London team in January 2023 and participated in the Blues’ titles in the Conference League and the Club World Cup in 2025.
With Argentina, Enzo was champion of World in 2022 and America’s Cup in 2024.
This year he was in the Albiceleste World Cup final against Spain, in which he was sent off before his team lost 1-0 in extra time.
End of the controversy
The soap opera about Enzo leaving his current club or not was one of the most talked about on the European market in recent months.
Chelsea even suspended him for two games at the end of last season for raising doubts about his future in the team.
In a preseason friendly against the Royal Society In mid-August, Fernández was booed by a sector of the fans of Stamford Bridgewho reproached him for his desire to leave the entity.
The coach Xabi Alonso He did not include him in his squad in the Blues’ last two games, won against the Luton in the League Cup and against him Brighton in the Premier League.
