Enzo Fernandez will bring much more than just his on-field quality to Chelsea over time, Graham Potter has been told. The Blues splashed out £106.8million for the 22-year-old newly crowned World Cup winner on deadline day and could hand him his debut on Friday against Fulham.
The former Benfica man was the talk of the window with a potential deal rumbling on despite the apparent collapse of early window talks. After Jorginho left to join Arsenal it was imperative that Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali got Fernandez over the line though.
In the immediate short-term that is primarily a numbers game. With Denis Zakaria, N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic all out injured there is no natural deep midfielder in the squad. Although Fernandez can play across the midfield, it is the No.6 role that he has become best accustomed with.
