Chelsea Manuver Who Made Coach Benfica Meredang

JAKARTA - Chelsea insists on signing Enzo Fernandez. In fact, the English Premier League club is willing to pay a heavy price to redeem the best young player of the 2022 World Cup.

However, Chelsea's move turned out to infuriate Benfica. Benfica coach Roger Schmidt was unhappy with the approach taken by the Blues.

Schmidt stressed that her club had no intention of selling the Argentine player.

"There are clubs that want our players," Schmidt said, without directly mentioning Chelsea, as quoted by Antara from AFP, Friday, January 6.

"They knew we didn't want to sell the player, then they tried to get the player for his team with a lot of money," he said again.

Fernandez, who joined Benfica from River Plate last summer, could be released for 120 million euros (IDR 2.2 trillion). That's what the contract clause states.

Schmidt said the club he was trying to bid on tried to avoid paying the fantastic figure.

"To get the players confused and they pretend they can pay for the clause, and then they want to negotiate. They are trying to get the player to play with them," Schmidt said.

"It's disrespectful to all of us, to Benfica and I can't accept what they're doing. A lot of money is being offered. It makes you a little confused," he continued.

Enzo Fernandez herself has missed training sessions with her team and extended her vacation in Argentina. This indicates the player is ready to leave Benfica.