At last, in the final throes of the January transfer window, Chelsea landed their No.1 target: Enzo Fernandez.
Since his displays at the World Cup, Blues officials had been pushing to sign the Argentina midfielder, only to find his club side, Benfica, determined to either keep him until the end of the season or to extricate maximum profit on a player who they had signed from River Plate - beating out interest from another Premier League club, Wolves - for a fee totalling just £15million.
Benfica have earned a reputation of being difficult to deal with, especially when transfer windows are heading towards their close. This case was no different.
