by The midfielder Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea fought for a long time under the weight of his strong price tag, but when he was preparing for his former side Benfica on Saturday at the World Cup, he finally shows why the blues sprayed on him.
The 24-year-old scored two goals in the 3-0 win of Chelsea against the Esperance of Tunisia, which his team carried out until the last 16 and a date with the Portuguese giants in Charlotte this weekend.
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Fernandez has fought the most important creative influence of Chelsea with the English international Cole Palmer in the past few months.
The Argentina star helped the Londoners to qualify for the Champions League by burdening fourth place in the Premier League and winning the conference league in May.
After Real Betis took the lead in the final, Fernandez Chelsea’s comeback inspired by scoring his first goal in a possible 4: 1 triumph in Poland.
In 2025, Fernandez scored and supported a total of 14 goals, whereby Pedro Neto with nine the next higher producer at Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea and Palmer, together with eight together with Youngster Tyrique George.
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Fernandez not only impressed against Esperance, but also achieved the opening win in Atlanta against Los Angeles FC in Chelsea’s opening win.
“My goal against LAFC was my eighth of the season. This is a good number, it is good in one season and I am grateful to God. But for me this is still the beginning,” Fernandez told Chelsea’s website.
“I will always want more, I always want to do it better. If I can, I will help the team. That always makes sense to me.
“That’s why I work hard and try to improve, and with Enzo (Maresca) I continue to play forward what helped with my statistics. However, I would like to score more goals next season and give more templates.”
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With Chelsea’s squad in the past two years, Fernandez ‘arrival in February 2023 has been one of the more experienced players for a British transmission record fee of £ 107 million ($ 147 million).
“This responsibility is something I enjoy,” Fernandez, who arrived on the back of his excellent World Cup in 2022 when Argentina won the trophy.
“I try not to let it change as I am enough on the field. For me, I have to have the same setting and keep the same setting – work hard, do my best, be brave and do everything to help the team.”
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Later in 2023, Chelsea Moises Caicedo signed for a deal that could rise to £ 115 million, and this summer change from Liverpool for Florian Wirtz could cost it up to £ 116 million, which makes pressure on Fernandez a little easier.
Fernandez had only played 29 games for Benfica in front of Chelsea after arriving in Portugal from Boyhood Club River Plate.
After an inconsistent start to life in London, a hernia problem was derailed in the second half of his season 2023/24 and in July 2024 he was also criticized that he had sung an insulting song about France players with his Argentina teammates.
The midfielder was associated with a possible departure from Chelsea, but coach Maresca insisted that Fernandez was to stay.
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“He was very, very good this season. He can be even better next day from the first day,” said Maresca this week.
“So, nothing to say about (the) speculation. He focuses on us and that’s the most important thing.”
Fernandez erected the new Chelsea arrival Liam Delap for his first goal in victory against Esperance and gave the striker for the coming months.
“I spoke to Enzo and he told me when he only runs the ball,” said Delap. “It was a great pass and luckily it went in.”
After Nicolas Jackson is suspended, Delap will start again against Benfica and he knows that he is currently offering him that the ammunition is one of the world’s formulators.
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