Enzo Fernandez
Chelsea is experiencing a climate of tension and the ex-Benfica player continues to not help matters by practically offering himself to Real Madrid.
The former eagle Enzo Fernandez is (again) at the center of controversy, in a Chelsea with more to think about.
According to , the Argentine international will be causing more and more irritation in the London locker room due to various attitudes taken throughout the season, especially due to public statements that fueled speculation about a possible departure to Real Madridclearly desired by the ex-Benfica player.
The Argentine practically offered himself to the meringues this week, in an interview with the YouTube channel, .
“I would like to live in Spain. I really like Madrid, it reminds me of Buenos Aires. I would live in Madrid. A football player can live wherever he wants”, he stated in the interview.
The words did not go down well with colleagues and fans, who barely saw the star and one of the Blues captains saying that there were still a few games left and that after “will soon be seen”shortly after their elimination from the Champions League against PSG.
The Telegraph also recalls episodes of tension with teammates, including a heated argument with goalkeeper Jorgensen and public reprimands to other players during matches.
O ex-Chelsea John Obi Mikel was one of the biggest critics of Enzo Fernández’s controversial last words.
“That’s not leadership,” said the Nigerian on the Obi One podcast, quoted by . “If you have leaders, leaders that the players respect and admire, you wouldn’t make statements like that, because you would think: ‘How is this going to be received in the locker room? How are the main players, the big stars, going to react when they see this?’.”
“If he’s fed up, let him get off his ass and we’ll move on. No player is bigger than the club”, he stressed.
At Benfica, where he was one of the biggest stars, Enzo, who has contract until 2032 with the London club, he had also forced his departure, in a scenario in which the veneer between Chelsea and the Luz club burst.
Chelsea agreed with 127 million euros, a value well above the release clause and which aroused the Reds’ interest. Rui Costa even went to London to negotiate with Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s new owner, and Jorge Mendes, Enzo’s manager, when the Blues dropped to 90 million+ players.
In a rush to leave, Enzo ended up threatening to publish a video on social media detonating Benfica’s structures. Rui Costa was tough:
