25 minutes ago, goose said:

Thought you were going to say generational talent. 🤦

Oh god no, one of the most irritating and overused phrases in football 😄

Cant wait to hear gary neville moaning on sky sport

2 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Cant wait to hear gary neville moaning on sky sport

You mean like he did for that Torres goal in the Nou Camp? 😉

 

2 minutes ago, EastWest said:

 

So it was 1 shot of 121,000,000€ no installements as suggested by Mr. Romano

3 minutes ago, PrinceOfPortugal said:

So it was 1 shot of 121,000,000€ no installements as suggested by Mr. Romano

Well if a financing company was used, they could theoretically have paid the 121M and we then pay that company back in installments.  Kinda like a car loan for us!

And at this point, here is the updated flight plan!!  We'll see him at Cobham or SB tomorrow

 

 

6 minutes ago, PrinceOfPortugal said:

So it was 1 shot of 121,000,000€ no installements as suggested by Mr. Romano

Also a lovely earner for River Plate. They must be the most delighted of anyone. That is huge money for an Argentina club. What does that work out to? Just over 30mill euros?

37 minutes ago, chiefBlueCFC said:

I thought Rui punk ass Costa wanted 120 up front 

And he will. 

You will be paying the installments to the factoring source.

 

56 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Are you not even a little annoyed at him for leaving so soon and pushing for this move after kissing the badge of Benfica only this month?

Well, he will kiss Chelsea badge as well, just don't take it personally. Only us, supporters, kiss badges for a sentimental reason. 

Financially it is great for us, but there will be nobody to replace him.

Live goes on. Benfica is bigger than any player. 

 

This article has some good graphs and stats on his positional play. Look at the defensive ground covered. 
 

https://www.espn.com.au/football/soccer-transfers/story/4865593/who-is-chelseas-new-120m-midfielder-enzo-fernandez

47 minutes ago, PrinceOfPortugal said:

So it was 1 shot of 121,000,000€ no installements as suggested by Mr. Romano

Dude, you've been right about everything so far.

Who the heck are are you?

Our midfielder. 
 

Buzzing. 😍

This may get panned, but on the ball is he a little bit like Paul Scholes?  The addition beyond that appears to be his work rate, fitness, positional play and tackling.

Also, who do we think is the best partner for him from the current lot?  Probably anyone thats fit, but assuming they all were, my order of preference would be Kante, Zakaria, Kova, Gallagher, RLC

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by PhilH930

6 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

This may get panned, but on the ball is he a little bit like Paul Scholes?  The addition beyond that appears to be his work rate, fitness, positional play and tackling.

 

He isnt a ginger manc.......so another +1

2 hours ago, Aguia_SLB said:

Well, he will kiss Chelsea badge as well, just don't take it personally. Only us, supporters, kiss badges for a sentimental reason. 

Financially it is great for us, but there will be nobody to replace him.

Live goes on. Benfica is bigger than any player. 

 

Benfica has to be loaded af right now. Last summer, 80m Nunez now 120m Enzo. A profit of 200m in 1 season alone

2 hours ago, Aguia_SLB said:

And he will. 

You will be paying the installments to the factoring source.

 

I will not be paying anything 

2 minutes ago, Deino said:

Benfica has to be loaded af right now. Last summer, 80m Nunez now 120m Enzo. A profit of 200m in 1 season alone

well i hope enzo works out better for us than Nunez so far has for the puddlers

58 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

This may get panned, but on the ball is he a little bit like Paul Scholes?  The addition beyond that appears to be his work rate, fitness, positional play and tackling.

Also, who do we think is the best partner for him from the current lot?  Probably anyone thats fit, but assuming they all were, my order of preference would be Kante, Zakaria, Kova, Gallagher, RLC

I would say he's quite close to Xavi Hernandez in profile. A very good technician with a few extra bows to his string but not the greatest physical attributes. It would be a waste to play him as a holding no. 6. So I'd go with Zakaria or Kante and definitely take a stab at Caicedo or Rice in the summer. 

Time to bring him back - and your wad to the match...

 

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by ChumpX

So what can we expect of him? 

55 minutes ago, evissy said:

So what can we expect of him? 

Based on what I saw in wc, he is your typical thiago/veratti or good version of Kova. 

Calm in possesion, clean technically, can dribble, can punch the ball if needed, can play slow if needed. 

He does not look like as good of an athlete as Kova though. 

I think how well he will play for us especially early will depend on how fast he can adapt to the physicallity n speed of pl game. You saw what happen to Saul in his first game. 

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by Bob stark

Don't know much about Fernandez other than he is young, had a decent world cup, and has only been at Benfica a very short time. 121 million euros is a helluva lot of money. But if he has half the positional sense and timing of Makelele, half the power and strength of Essien, half the athleticism and work rate of Kante.......... he will be a bargain. AND, if he doesn't pass mostly sideways or backwards, can run with a bit of pace, and can hit a solid tackle...... he's already an upgrade.

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by just

Just now, just said:

Don't know much about Fernandez other than he is young, had a decent world cup, and has only been at Benefica a very short time. 121 million euros is a helluva lot of money. But if he has half the positional sense and timing of Makelele, half the power and strength of Essien, half the athleticism and work rate of Kante.......... he will be a bargain. AND, if he doesn't pass mostly sideways or backwards, can run with a bit of pace, and can hit a solid tackle...... he's already an upgrade.

I think you will be happy to see that when there is space in front of him, he will bring the ball forward.