Dressed in his own leisurewear amid a sea of Chelsea tracksuits, Enzo Fernandez glanced up and winked at a fan shrieking his name from the East Stand. He took his seat just behind the substitutes’ bench for the second half of a so-far goalless game between Chelsea and Manchester City in which his own club had banned him from playing because of comments that many read as an open invitation for Real Madrid to parachute him out of Stamford Bridge ASAP.
Chelsea found themselves 2-0 down before long, and a single minute after Liam Rosenior made his first double change of a truly miserable afternoon, it was three. “Well done, Liam,” yelled one vexed fan. “Great subs, mate.” Then came a comment rather less likely to make it past the watershed.
