Chelsea transfer news: Xabi Alonso 'plotting' shock Florian Wirtz move - if one thing happens

Chelsea are reportedly contemplating a daze determination for Liverpool playmaker Florian Wirtz, but a woody hinges connected Enzo Fernandez leaving the club.

After concisely becoming Liverpool's astir costly signing of each time - earlier being overtaken by Alexander Isak - £116m acquisition Wirtz endured a mixed archetypal play successful English football.

The erstwhile Bayer Leverkusen starlet came up with a respectable 7 goals and 10 assists successful 49 games successful each tournaments, though helium failed to registry a nonstop engagement successful his archetypal 12 Premier League appearances.

Despite failing to deed the aforesaid heights helium managed astatine Leverkusen, Wirtz remains an undisputed starter for nine and country, playing the afloat 90 minutes successful Germany's 2-1 triumph implicit Ivory Coast successful Saturday's World Cup 2026 fixture.

The 23-year-old has 4 years near to tally connected his Anfield contract, and helium is expected to play a much salient relation adjacent play pursuing the exit of nine fable Mohamed Salah.

Chelsea brag Xabi Alonso 'huge admirer' of Florian Wirtz

However, Football Insider reports that Chelsea are weighing up a astonishment attack for the Germany international, who shone nether caller Blues brag Xabi Alonso astatine Bayer Leverkusen.

The Spaniard supposedly remains a "huge admirer" of Wirtz, who was a cardinal constituent of Leverkusen's 2023-24 Bundesliga Invincibles squad, providing 23 extremity contributions successful 32 games.

The study adds that Liverpool would beryllium unfastened to selling Wirtz nether the close conditions, but Chelsea volition not steadfast up their involvement unless Fernandez departs successful the coming weeks.

It is not wide whether Liverpool volition request a nett connected the £116m they paid for Wirtz past summer, but the Reds volition astir surely demand  a nine-figure interest to authorisation his exit.

What's the latest connected Enzo Fernandez's future?

Fernandez's adjacent vocation determination has been a hot-button taxable astatine Chelsea for months, ever since the Argentina planetary opened the doorway to a aboriginal determination to the Spanish capital, without explicitly stating that helium wanted to articulation Real Madrid.

However, Fernandez is understood to beryllium pining for a power to the Bernabeu, wherever helium would nexus up with ex-Chelsea teammate Marc Cucurella pursuing the left-back's astonishment £52m switch.

Real Madrid are besides rumoured to beryllium targeting a £78m determination for Manchester City's Ruben Dias, truthful whether they tin spend to splash retired £120m connected Fernandez is different question entirely.

Nevertheless, Real Madrid are reportedly preparing to clasp talks with Fernandez, and they are hopeful that Chelsea volition beryllium unfastened to altering the interest and operation of immoderate transfer.

Chelsea fans precocious voted connected whether they wanted to support oregon merchantability Fernandez, whose Stamford Bridge woody runs until 2032.