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Chelsea Back In for Enzo Fernandez

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Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to reports that Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign Enzo Fernandez from Benfica. The guys question how Chelsea are able to spend so much money in the transfer market without selling players and break down how such a large squad will affect the individual players. Plus, Mark Ogden sits down with Weston McKennie to talk about his move to Leeds United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome into the last edition of ESPN FC Live here on ESPN Plus. I'm Dan Thomas, you're

0:08.2

in the studio by Craig Burley and Shack, a hit song later on in the show and exclusive

0:12.2

interview. Western McKenny, as he signs a deal to join leads for the rest of the season,

0:17.4

making that move from the event as we'll also be discussing the possibility of Cancelo leaving

0:21.6

Manchester City to head to Bayern Munich Plus. Mark Klattenberg is here to discuss some of

0:27.2

those big calls from the weekend. We kick things off though, as we always seem to do when it comes

0:32.3

to big transfers at Chelsea, Enzo Fernandez is rumoured to back on for over £100 million in

0:40.5

press of course, so much at the World Cup. It is thought that he could make the move before

0:46.4

the transfer window closes tomorrow. For more on this, that's what I'll come in shall we,

0:50.4

former Chelsea defender, Mario Malkyel, who is with us as is Julian LaRose. Jules, I thought this

0:55.6

was dead. Yeah, I think we all thought it was dead. I was told today that the two clubs were still

1:03.0

in contact, but certainly Chelsea looked at other options, signed other players of course in the

1:08.4

meantime, but always thought about Enzo Fernandez in the back of their mind and they tried for

1:14.9

Moses Caycello, for example in midfield, so they were clearly trying to find someone to strengthen

1:20.0

them in midfield and I think in the end it looked like they were all going back to the same

1:25.9

the same place at the whole time which was Enzo, there's nobody right now better than Enzo Fernandez

1:31.6

for them despite the price, despite the short time that they left themselves to go and make that deal

1:37.1

and certainly the discussion that they had today with Benfica, with Rucosta, who is the Benfica

1:41.4

president, have been quite positive. So I think they are quite optimistic that before the deadline

1:46.5

tomorrow night, you denied, they'd be able to make that transfer that really would take this

1:51.3

transfer window from a Chelsea point of view to an incredible level. It really, I wish I

1:55.8

thought she was in Enzo in the summer. It's more than 10 times. I don't believe it. Which makes you

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