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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Bloom

Chelsea axe Enzo Fernández for two games after ‘crossing a line’ with Madrid comments

Liam Rosenior speaks with Enzo Fernández after Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat at Everton on 21 March
Liam Rosenior speaks with Enzo Fernández after Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat at Everton on 21 March. The head coach has now punished the midfielder. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Enzo Fernández has been dropped for Chelsea’s next two games, with Liam Rosenior suggesting the club’s vice-captain had “crossed a line” in recent comments over his future.

Following what he described as the worst 10 days of his career, Rosenior insisted he had to punish Fernández, who first questioned whether he would remain at Stamford Bridge beyond this season and then suggested he would like to live in Madrid – a comment widely viewed as courting a move to Real Madrid, a club with which he has frequently been linked.

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