With the transfer of Enzo Fernández in closing, Chelsea are preparing to break the spending record for a card in the Premier League. With 127 million euros destined for Benfica’s coffers, the Argentinian will become the most expensive player ever in the English top division: beat the blow Jack Grealish of Manchester City in the summer of 2021 for 117 million euros. Closes the podium, with four million less, the return of Romelu Lukaku in England.
Fifth most expensive ever
Extending the gaze to the entire world of football, Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea will instead become the fifth most expensive transfer in history: the first two places are occupied by two stellar coups from PSG, Neymar (222 million) e Kylian Mbappe (180), behind instead two purchases made by Barcelona as Ousmane Dembele (140) and Philippe Coutinho (135). Beaten by a million buying Joao Felix by Atletico Madrid: 127 against 126.