"Chelsea" made another high-profile transfer.

The London club signed "Benfica" midfielder

Enzo Fernandez

.

The Lisbon club announced the transfer of the 22-year-old Argentine to the Blues on its official website.

Fernandez signed a contract until the summer of 2031.

The Londoners paid 121 million euros for the football player.

25% of this amount will go to the Argentine "River Plate", whose colors Fernandez defended from 2019 to 2022.

Since July 2022, Fernandez has made 29 appearances for Benfica in all competitions, scoring 4 goals and providing 7 assists.

Fernandez is the 2022 world champion as part of the Argentina national team.

At the World Cup in Qatar, he scored one goal and one assist in 7 matches.

Enzo was recognized as the best young player of the tournament.

By signing the young Argentine, "Chelsea" set a new transfer record in the English Premier League.

Before that, the most expensive transfer in the history of the English championship was the transfer of Jack Grealish in 2021 from "Aston Villa" to "Manchester City" for 117 million euros.

It will be recalled that previously "Chelsea"

bought the

winger of "Shakhtar Donetsk" Mykhailo Mudryk for 70 million euros.

"Miners" can receive another 30 million euros in bonuses.

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