Enzo Fernandez: Chelsea sign midfielder in £106.8m British-record transfer deal from Benfica
Chelsea have signed midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a British-record £106.8m; deal for Argentine surpasses the £100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa 18 months ago; the 22-year-old has signed an eight-and-a-half-year deal at Stamford Bridge
Wednesday 1 February 2023 13:48, UK
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Chelsea have signed midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a British-record £106.8m.
The deal for the Argentine surpasses the £100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa 18 months ago.
The 22-year-old, who only joined Benfica last summer for around £10m, has signed an eight-and-a-half-year deal at Stamford Bridge to keep him at the club until the summer of 2031.
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The Premier League's record buys
- Enzo Fernandez - Benfica to Chelsea, January 2023 - £106.8m
- Jack Grealish - Aston Villa to Manchester City, summer 2021 - £100m
- Romelu Lukaku - Inter Milan to Chelsea, summer 2021 - £97.5m
- Romelu Lukaku - Everton to Manchester United, summer 2017 - £90m
- Paul Pogba - Juventus to Manchester United, summer 2016 - £89m
- Mykhailo Mudryk - Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea, January 2022 - £88.5m
£323m splashed in January: How Chelsea avoid FFP sanctions
Chelsea have splashed over £323m in this January transfer window after completing a British record deal for Benfica's Enzo Fernandez - so how are they able to spend such huge sums and stay within Financial Fair Play rules?
The UEFA FFP regulations are designed to limit excessive spending and there are also Premier League rules which put a cap on the losses a club can suffer over a three-year period. Large fines or points deductions can be dished out as punishment to clubs which don't adhere to the rules.
But with the Blues agreeing a £106.8m transfer for Fernandez, new Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly will have overseen a spend £600m since the takeover in May 2022 - and they appear to have stayed within the guidelines.
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Fernandez was left out of Benfica's squad for their game against Arouca on Tuesday night, with the 22-year-old undergoing a medical in Portugal ahead of his switch to Stamford Bridge.
According to Portuguese broadcaster SIC, Fernandez will fly to the UK on Wednesday morning, with a private jet scheduled to leave Lisbon airport at 10.20am.
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