Chelsea have completed the signing of Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a club-record fee of £106.7million.
After an intensive day of negotiations between the two clubs – led on the Chelsea side by co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbal from London – a deal was struck on transfer deadline day that has resulted in Fernandez becoming the most expensive player in the club's history.
The 22-year-old's signing eclipses the fee Chelsea paid to Inter Milan for Romelu Lukaku (£97.5million) and Fernandez's transfer is also a British transfer record. The highest fee previously paid was the £100m deal that took Jack Grealish from Aston Villa to Manchester City.
