Enzo Fernandez starts for Benfica in their Primeira Liga game against Braga despite intense transfer speculation linking him to a move to Chelsea. The 21-year-old only returned back from the World Cup earlier this week after lifting the trophy with Argentina.
Since the tournament ended, Chelsea have quickly stepped up their attempts to sign the midfielder and made their intentions perfectly clear, sending new technical director Christopher Vivell to open official talks. Fernandez has a massive £105million release clause in his contract but football.london understands Chelsea are willing to pay that fee to secure him.
Having only moved to Portugal in the summer, Benfica are set to make a huge profit on their star player, although they want to keep him at the Stad de Luz until the summer at least. They issued a statement the night before their match which read: "We insist saying that our intention is to keep Enzo here until the end of the season."
