February 02 The Athletic UK ace reporter David Ornstein and Chelsea reporter Liam Twomey updated the latest news
The inside story of Chelsea’s signing of Enzo Fernandes is revealed in this episode of The Athletic Football Podcast.
(The following is a key overview)
1. Enzo signed a 7 1 contract with Chelsea, which has the same number of years as Mudrick.
2.Do received a message on December 26 last year about Enzo.
That source is very good, clearly stating that Chelsea hope to sign Enzo in the winter window, and they are very interested.
If Chelsea really need to pay the amount of liquidated damages (not trigger, they don’t want to trigger), Chelsea are also willing to do it.
But at that time, Chelsea were interested in many players, so TA did not disclose the exclusive.
Chelsea are interested in Lavia, Caicedo and other midfielders, but in the end they chose to chase Enzo.
As for the role of Jorge Mendes in the transfer, in fact he is not Enzo’s agent, but a broker and middleman between the two parties.
DO then described the process of the deadline, including the fact that all parties who broke the news from TA are more optimistic, so I won’t go into details.
3. LT emphasized the issue of the amortization period. The 8-year amortization of 120 million signings is lower than the 80 million signings after the Xia Chuang UEFA limit of 5 years. Xia Chuang will completely prohibit long-term amortization, and the maximum can only be amortized
It has been sold for 5 years.
4.DO emphasized the installment payment method, the first installment of 34 million euros, and the remaining 5 installments, which will be completed within a few years.
5. Jorginho’s transfer fee, DO said it was a transfer fee of 11 million pounds, a bonus of 1 million for winning the Premier League, and a bonus of 1 million for qualifying for the Champions League.
6. Not only Ziyech, but many of Chelsea’s operating models after Burleigh’s arrival did not conform to the previous operating models of European football.
In addition to Ziyech on the deadline, Chelsea also failed to trade at the buzzer such as Hutchinson and Simmons. This inevitably makes the outside world think that Chelsea does not care about these people and the next club.
7 Another player who did not end up at Chelsea was pleasantly surprised to find a pleasant communication with Graham Potter.
Later, David Ornstein participated in the recording of Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE, where he revealed more inside information about the Enzo deal.
“After the World Cup final, when Enzo came off the pitch, what we heard was Burleigh telling his Chelsea team: ‘Give me that man.’ Of course, I’m sure the team was watching Enzo throughout the World Cup.
Zuo’s game, but the World Cup final, that was the real moment, the real moment for Chelsea to make up its mind.”
In this podcast, he also mentioned the information he received on December 26 last year, but DO also emphasized that Enzo chose Chelsea, and he did have other options, so Chelsea will be so “crazy” on the deadline.
At 9:30 that night, Benfica finally gave up after begging Enzo to stay in the team failed. The two sides began a race against time, and Chelsea finally got the man they wanted.