Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez Pursuit Could Make Him Premier League’s Costliest Player
Enzo Fernandez could become the most expensive player in Premier League history if Chelsea acquires the Benfica midfielder for a reported 120 million (£105.5 million) fee.
The previous record was set by Manchester City in August 2021, when they paid £100 million for Jack Grealish.
Chelsea could also make a late offer for Brighton’s Moises Caicedo, who has been linked to Arsenal for the majority of the last month.
The south coast club rejected Arsenal’s initial £60 million offer for the Ecuador international, and are adamant he will remain with the club for the remainder of the season.
Chelsea, who have spent over £450 million on transfers since the end of last season, are expected to sign Fernandez, who will be the latest in a string of new arrivals.
This month has already seen the arrival of Joao Felix, Benoit Badiashile, David Datro Fofana, Mykhailo Mudryk, Andrey Santos, and Noni Madueke at Stamford Bridge.
SportsDias has learned that Tottenham remains cautiously optimistic about completing a transfer for Sporting Lisbon defender Pedro Porro before the transfer deadline.
Aside from Joao Cancelo’s proposed loan move to Bayern Munich, Manchester City is not anticipated to be active on transfer deadline day.
Similarly, Manchester United appear to have completed their business, with the possible exception of loaning out one or two bench players.
Newcastle completed the transfer of Anthony Gordon to the club from Everton, but they could still be active during the transfer window.
Jonjo Shelvey is expected to join Nottingham Forest within the next few hours, and Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe could make a late substitution for the midfielder.
Newcastle is also close to completing the signing of West Ham’s young fullback Harrison Ashby.
After selling Craig Dawson to Wolves and Issa Diop to Fulham in the summer, Everton defender Michael Keane has been linked with a move to the Toffees.
Marco Silva, manager of Fulham, stated over the weekend that he would like to add two players before the transfer window closes.
Sasa Lukic is most likely to move to Craven Cottage, despite the club’s repeated interest in Cedric Soares of Arsenal.
Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez Pursuit Could Make Him Premier League’s Costliest Player
