Enzo Fernandezworld champion midfielder with Argentina, has been transferred to Chelsea for 121 million euros, as announced this Wednesday by Benfica, his club of origin, in a statement to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission, in which he specified that River Plate, his previous team, will receive 25 percent of that amount.
It is the highest financial signing in the history of British clubs, above the hiring of Jack Grealish by Manchester City in 2021, when he paid 100 million pounds (113 million euros) for his transfer from Aston Villa.
World champion with the Argentine team in the last World Cup in Qatar, when he broke into the eleven in the third game and was decisive in Lionel Scaloni’s scheme from then until he won the title on December 18 in the final against France, Enzo Fernández has only lasted half a season at Benfica.
For his part, he Tottenham announced the hiring of the Spanish winger on the brink of the closing of the transfer market Pedro Porrowho arrives on loan until the end of the season for five million euros with a purchase option that the British club described as “mandatory” for next summer for 40 million euros, according to figures announced by Sporting Lisbon, his club of origin.
The 23-year-old footballer, who will wear number 23, has played the last three seasons for the Portuguese team, the first two (2020-21 and 2021-22) on loan from Manchester City, who signed him to Girona in the summer of 2019, and the last one as transferred to Sporting Lisbon, with whom he has played 98 games and scored thirteen goals.
