Recruited for 121 million euros by Chelsea in January 2023, Enzo Fernandez is no longer the most expensive recruit in the history of the Premier League since the arrival of Florian Wirtz in Liverpool for 135 million a few weeks ago. The 24-year-old Argentinian midfielder, however, took revenge on Sunday July 13, at the Metlife Stadium, in the suburbs of New York, leading the Blues at the coronation at the Club World Cup against PSG (3-0).
If Cole Palmer made the difference against the Parisians led by Luis Enrique, however favorite of the meeting a month and a half after their coronation XXL in the Champions League, Enzo Fernandez, a sort of all-terrain playmaker, was the big boss of the London training led by Enzo Maresca, forming a duo of the rather incredible midfield during the competition with the surplus.
Enzo Fernandez thus becomes the very first player in history to have won the World Cup and the World Formula World Cup with 32 participants. The unhappy finalists Ousmane Dembélé, Presnel Kimpembe and Lucas Hernandez could have boasted such a double, while Kylian Mbappé was released in the semi-finals with Real by PSG.
Enzo Fernandez, the explosion from Qatar
The player trained in River Plate was the big revelation of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, being elected best young people in the tournament. Enzo Fernandez, then 22 years old, had only two selections with Argentina before winning from the world to the World Cup in the Lionel Scaloni team, alongside Rodrigo de Paul and Alexis Mac Allister. His magnificent goal against Mexico, in the second game of the group phase, made him known to everyone.
Benfica had recruited Fernandez for 10 million euros plus 8 as a bonus in the previous summer and ended up giving in the player, at the end of January 2023, for 121 million euros therefore. After five months of adaptation to the Premier League, the player has chained a 40 -game season with 7 goals and an exercise at 53 games and 9 achievements, for a Europa league conference and therefore a club world cup.
