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So coming up today, it's all about Chelsea and their phenomenal spending in the January transfer window. Topped off as it closed with a British record deal for Enzo Fernandez.

Now we had planned to do one show wrapping up everything that happened, but given the amount

of money spent, the story's created, we're going to do two pods on this, so one today and one

tomorrow focused on the biggest stories surrounding all of the drama.

I'm Mark Chapman, this is the Athletic Football Podcast.

The window. The window is done.

Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea is done. Groves it into Fernandez, opened up his body and scores brilliantly.

Right at the beginning of the transfer window, he was the priority and it's taken, what, a month of negotiating.

They are actually paying $100,000. and it's taken what a month of negotiating.

They are actually paying 121 million euros.

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