Official: Enzo Fernández leaves Benfica and heads to Chelsea for 121 million euros – Benfica

Enzo Fernández will even be a Chelsea player. The agreement was reached very close to the end of the transfer market, with the Londoners committing to pay 121 million euros to Benfica for the world champion midfielder for Argentina. This is the second biggest sale ever by SAD incarnate, only surpassed by that of João Félix to Atlético Madrid (126 M€). According to the statement sent to the CMVM, Benfica will have to pay River Plate 25% of the value of this transfer and “will have charges with intermediation services of 6.56% of the value of the sale deducted from the amount of solidarity.” As Record noticed, Benfica already said yes during the night and, with the market closing in England at 11pm, it was necessary for Chelsea to ask for an extension of the deadline to deliver all the transfer documentation – it was possible to do it from until 22:59 it was proven, with the Premier League, that there was an agreement between clubs.

The Argentine international no longer played tonight against Arouca, at a time when eagles and blues were already negotiating intensively. At the end of the match, Schmidt harshly criticized the footballer’s posture.

Read the statement:

Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD (“Benfica SAD”) informs that it has reached an agreement with Chelsea FC for the
disposal of all the rights of the player Enzo Fernández, for an amount of €121,000,000 (one hundred and twenty-one million euros).

It is further informed that Chelsea FC will be entitled to withhold the solidarity mechanism of 3.78% for later
distribution to the clubs that participated in the training of the player. Additionally, Benfica SAD will have charges for intermediation services of 6.56% of the sale value deducted from the solidarity amount and will also have to
deliver to River Plate the amount corresponding to 25% of the transfer value deducted from the amounts of the
solidarity and intermediation services

(in update)