Chelsea sign Benfica star Enzo Fernandes for record €120m deal

Chelsea have signed Argenti­na World Cup star Enzo Fer­nan­dez for a record €120 mil­lion in British history.

Bruce has been chas­ing the mid­field­er since the trans­fer win­dow opened in Jan­u­ary, but left it until the last minute to com­plete his deal with min­utes to spare.

The Ben­fi­ca mid­field­er has become the cash-cramped Blues’ eighth sign­ing in a month.

Own­er Todd Boehly puts in more mon­ey than any oth­er club in a sin­gle trans­fer window.

The deal eclipses the £100million Man­ches­ter City spent on Aston Vil­la’s Jack Gre­al­ish in 2021.

And the amount Chelsea have spent in the last two win­dows is a whop­ping €682m, includ­ing addi­tion­al costs and loan fees.

Fer­nan­des, 22, after under­go­ing a med­ical in Lis­bon yes­ter­day, nego­ti­a­tions stalled over a pay­ment struc­ture and a pro­pos­al for the Argen­tin­ian play­er to remain on loan at Ben­fi­ca until the end of the season.

I signed an eight and a half years (8 and a half years) con­tract until June 2031.

Chelsea could end up pay­ing €124.5m, includ­ing extras, for a play­er who has scored just two goals this season.

It is said that €40m will be paid upfront, with the remain­der to be paid in five installments.

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