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
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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.