Manchester City have reportedly agreed a £125million deal to signal Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea.
The Athletic’s David Ornstein reported that the 2 golf equipment have come to phrases on a payment that matches the British report Liverpool paid to Newcastle United to signal Alexander Isak on deadline day final 12 months.
Fernandez has been given permission to journey to Manchester for a medical.
Metropolis’s pursuit of Fernandez has been one of many defining sagas of the switch window, with the membership decided to reunite former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca with the Argentina worldwide to finish their midfield rebuild.
Metropolis finish saga by finishing midfield rebuild
Chelsea imposed a deadline of August 14 for Metropolis to lodge a bid for Fernandez assembly their £120m valuation and indicated they anticipated him to stay at Stamford Bridge after their Premier League rivals didn’t accomplish that.
However Metropolis didn’t drop their curiosity in Fernandez, who, after making a substitute look in Chelsea’s season-opening win at Fulham, was neglected of their EFL Cup victory over Luton City and final Sunday’s defeat of Brighton and Hove Albion.
Now Fernandez will change into Metropolis’s eighth signing of the switch window and their midfield arrival as their engine room has been overhauled.
Metropolis paid £116m to signal Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest earlier than bringing in Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for £86m.
Former midfielder lynchpin Rodri left to hitch Barcelona, with Nico Gonzalez transferring to Newcastle United and Bernardo Silva and Tijjani Reijnders signing for Actual Madrid and Al Qadsiah respectively.
The signing of Fernandez is more likely to be Metropolis’s final of one other busy switch window, however his exit leaves Chelsea with work to do forward of the fast-approaching deadline.
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