La Liga president Javier Tebas has launched an attack on Chelsea after the arrival of Enzo Fernandez saw the club's total spending for the season exceed £500million. The 22-year-old midfielder joined the Blues from Benfica in a deal which is believed to cost £106.7million.
The west Londoners will pay the Portuguese giants said fee over six instalments, the first of which is thought to be around £30m. Fernandez, who has signed an eight-and-a-half-year contract at Stamford Bridge, is now most expensive player in Chelsea's history, costing almost as much as the total spend of La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A combined (£115.5m) this month.
The Blues were not the only culprits of spending big in the January transfer window with Southampton throwing their weight around too. The Saints, who are in a relegation battle, spent around the same as all 40 top-flight Spanish and Italian clubs put together.
