Enzo Fernandez: Five records broken as Man City confirm mega £125m Deadline Day transfer from Chelsea

Manchester City person announced the signing of Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea connected Transfer Deadline Day.

The 25-year-old Argentina planetary has penned a five-year declaration astatine the Etihad Stadium until the summertime of 2031, and has joined the Citizens successful a woody believed to beryllium worthy a whopping £125m.

Fernandez has truthful go the joint-most costly subordinate successful Premier League past alongside Alexander Isak, who moved to Liverpool for the aforesaid big-money fee past summer.

The midfielder’s mega woody besides sees him go Man City’s club-record signing, eclipsing Elliot Anderson who lone arrived astatine the Etihad from Nottingham Forest for £116m past month.

In addition, Fernandez surpasses Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers (£117m) arsenic the astir costly midfielder of each time, portion helium is the archetypal subordinate successful past to beryllium transferred doubly for a interest exceeding £100m, pursuing his £107m determination from Benfica to Chelsea successful 2023.

His determination to City besides represents a club-record merchantability for Chelsea, arsenic it exceeds the £104m (base interest and achieved bonuses) they received from Real Madrid for Eden Hazard successful 2019.

Fernandez's drawn-out transportation saga has yet travel to an end, and helium has posted an affectional farewell connection to Chelsea on societal media after 3 memorable years astatine Stamford Bridge.

He recorded 31 goals and 30 assists successful 170 appearances for the Blues crossed each competitions, winning the Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup successful 2025. 

The 2022 World Cup victor and 2026 finalist is present looking guardant to a caller section successful his vocation astatine Man City and volition reunite with his erstwhile Blues manager Enzo Maresca, who has been chasing the midfielder passim the summer. 

Fernandez: "Man City is simply a nine built for success"

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Sharing his thoughts connected joining Man City, Fernandez told the club's authoritative website: “Manchester City are the astir palmy nine successful England successful caller times.

“Every subordinate wants to beryllium portion of a nine similar this due to the fact that everyone knows however well-run City are.   

“I could not beryllium happier to beryllium here, and I americium acceptable for the situation of helping City proceed winning trophies. This is simply a nine built for success. 

“If you look crossed the squad, City person prime successful each area. I privation to larn from my caller teammates and go a amended player.  

“I pridefulness myself connected continually improving my game. Anyone who’s worked with maine volition cognize however hard I bid each azygous time and however overmuch I enactment into matches. I springiness perfectly everything and I tin committedness Manchester City that volition proceed present I’m here.

“I privation to convey Hugo (Viana), Enzo (Maresca), Khaldoon (Al-Mubarak) and everyone astatine City who has made this woody possible. I privation to instrumentality the religion shown successful maine and repay it arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

'World-class" Fernandez is simply a "complete midfielder"

Director of Football Hugo Viana added: “At Manchester City, we are ever looking to bring successful world-class players and Enzo fits the bill. 

“He is simply a implicit midfielder: technically gifted, hardworking, tenacious and a goalscorer. 

“He is adept astatine playing antithetic styles of football. He is comfy playing a possession-based game, and helium tin play connected the antagonistic effectively, too. 

“To person played successful 2 World Cup finals and won large trophies successful aggregate countries astatine conscionable 25 says everything you request to cognize astir his mentality, professionalism and method quality. 

“We are delighted to bring him present and consciousness precise powerfully helium volition amended our team.”

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Man City’s chaotic transportation model is over… truthful tin they triumph the PL title?

The accomplishment of Fernandez connected the last time of the summertime transportation model has seen Man City implicit their eye-catching midfield rebuild, which was required pursuing the departures of Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Tijjani Reijnders and Nico Gonzalez.

The second 3 were sold for a combined interest successful excess of £175m, portion a further £170m has been raised from the merchantability of players including Savio, James Trafford, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake.

City person utilized those funds generated to bring successful Fernandez, Anderson and 18-year-old starlet Ayyoub Bouaddi (£85.6m) to signifier a new-look midfield nether Maresca.

Iliman Ndiaye was confirmed arsenic City’s archetypal Deadline Day signing conscionable a mates of hours earlier Fernandez’s arrival, with the attacker joining from Everton for an archetypal £60m positive £5m successful add-ons.

Brazilian winger Allan (£34.2m) has besides arrived astatine the Etihad on with backup goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli (£3m), portion Jeremy Monga, Mathys Detourbet and Pierce Charles were each signed this summertime earlier moving retired connected loan.

Maresca volition anticipation that helium present has a beardown capable squad susceptible of mounting a superior situation for the Premier League rubric this play and knocking reigning champions Arsenal disconnected their perch.

Man City are besides keen to advancement heavy successful the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup, arsenic they endeavour to physique connected Pep Guardiola’s last play astatine the nine successful which they won a home cupful double.