Chelsea have caused quite a stir in Europe and it’s not even the end of the first week of January transfer window. After spending 38 million euros on Monaco defender Benoit Badiashile, wealthy American owner Todd Boehly now wants one of the World Cup stars – Enzo Fernandez. Even thou he is full of cash (spent 300 million euros so far on transfers), the Argentinian’s exit clause, estimated at 120 million seems to be too much for him, so Boehly tried to negotiate with Benfica. But, he ran into a wall. The Portuguese giant doesn’t want to sell the player unless the sum is paid in full, but the Blues managed to unsettle the player in the process, who refused to play for the club and went back to Argentina.“What the club is doing—who wants to buy Enzo—is disrespectful. … To make the player crazy, and then to pretend they can pay the clause.”Benfica manager Roger Schmidt goes in on Chelsea’s pursuit of Enzo Fernández 😳 pic.twitter.com/1152wYTDNn— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 5, 2023 And Benfica coach Roger Schmidt was also forced to talk about the player and his actions, and he showed a considerable sign of understanding for the player, even thou he will be punished for his actions.”It was a very talked about subject this week. Enzo is a good guy and an extraordinary player, we want him to stay, the situation is not easy, he played in the World Cup, won the World Cup, had offers, and there is a lot of money at stake. He is a young man player, this is confusing, and we all understand that. But he is an excellent person. He was not authorized to go to Argentina, it is not acceptable, there will be consequences, I will not say which ones” said Schmidt.Tusker, Ulinzi interested in Nzoia Sugar goal poacherAnd when it comes to the transfer, the German tactician was also very firm – Enzo will leave only if the exit clause is paid in full.“We do not want to sell him, neither I nor the president. People know that there is a release clause, if he wants to leave and someone pays the clause, maybe we lose the player. There is a club that wants him, they tried to attract him, but they know that they can only have him if they pay the clause. It’s disrespectful to all of us, to Benfica, they’re driving the player crazy, they pretend they want to pay the clause and then they want to negotiate” explained Benfica coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_6923523##
