Discussion on Enzo Fernandez Transfer

Phew!

Fah!

HE LAUGHS

Once upon a time, I told you,

the only good thing this ownership have done

is they've not sold key players.

That they've signed.

Slap me across my face!

HE LAUGHS

Oh, that's how you know I'm recovering well.

I've got the war vest, compression vest,

I've put it to rest just for a few minutes,

a few minutes, because I just need to get my air circulation

flowing through.

But my chest is feeling healthy, the stitching is dissolving,

and we are feeling...

We're feeling well, so we're on the road to recovery, as I said.

But it's hot. It's hot!

But unfortunately, it's not hot enough,

it would seem, for Enzo Fernandez,

because it's hotter in Madrid all year round.

And that is where he appears to be going.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's not done, but it's done.

It's not definitive, but it's been decided.

I mean, Jose Mourinho, according to massive reports in Spain,

Spanish outlets and newspapers and whatnot,

fax machines and pigeons,

are saying that he is now the main target,

the main Galactico move that they are aiming to do.

Because, Elise, it's just simply much more difficult.

Now, I don't know, because there's a world

where you ask the question, can they get both done?

We know Enzo Fernandez is absolutely stripping,

strip-teasing to go to Real Madrid.

And to be honest, he's leaving how he came in,

because we saw this when he left Benfica.

We saw the way that he stripped for us,

we saw the way that he, you know, danced,

the way that he moved for us in that window.

And it took it all the way to deadline day with Rui Costa,

and then in came Enzo Fernandez for a world record fee,

well, our record fee at the time, £105 million.

And it was a celebration, it was a day of joy,

it was a day of upheaval on this channel.

We were going absolutely ballistic bananas.

But, but, a leopard never changes its spots.

And this is a characteristic, this is a trait.

When the player, Enzo Fernandez, wants to...

And he was only at Benfica for six months.

When he wants to move, and I truly do,

and I've probably done this to myself

because I've said it too many times

when people have asked me about Enzo Fernandez over the years,

about rating him so highly,

and thinking that he could become

one of the best midfielders in the world,

and trying to project and put out those attributes

that I believe he has that makes him

a very unique profile in this day and age.

And I think even in the World Cup,

in some games for Argentina, you're seeing that passing,

you're seeing that variety of passing.

I've said so many times, if he leaves this football club,

I can see him going to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, Real Madrid, Real Madrid, Real Madrid.

I truly believe he was always going to go to Real Madrid.

I was just hoping it would be a little bit later on

in his Chelsea career when he'd accumulated

and achieved enough things here

to put us back on the top step in terms of Premier Leagues,

praying for a Champions League, Cups, domestic Cups.

I was hoping that once that time came,

he would already have done what he needed to do here,

and we had already squeezed the juice out of the lemon.

But he's not going like Hazard.

He's going, not even like Coutois, who picked up a Prem.

He's going like Enzo Fernandez.

He's going in his own way, in his own style.

Now, there's so many layers to this,

and there's so many ways to go about this.

I want to start with the reaction to the reporting,

which is, of course, that this is the Galactico target

that they're going for, and it's going to cost,

and it should cost, upwards of $100 million.

In my opinion, $110 million,

maybe let's even push for $120 million,

because I don't know if Real Madrid got the money,

but I know Anderson's going to cost this much.

I know Adam Walton is costing $100 million.

I know Alex Scott is touted for $80 million.

I know Chou and Mendy's.

Like, all these guys are costing an arm and a leg and a leg.