Enzo Fernández is the most expensive player in Premier League history.
Enzo Fernández was chosen as the best young player of the World Cup tournament in Qatar. PDO
You can look for some logic in Futi’s club transfers, or alternatively just marvel at the senseless waste.
The January transfer window closed the night before Wednesday, and again an unreasonable amount of money was burned.
The biggest culprit was Chelsea.
It agreed to pay a €120 million capture price for Benfica’s Argentine star About Enzo Fernández.
Even though it is a fresh world champion from the Qatar Games, the amount is staggering. Benfica acquired the youngster just six months earlier in a deal worth around 12 million euros.
A season secured in the very last minutes of the transfer window means a new Premier League record. Previously, the title was held by the one currently representing Manchester City Jack Grealishwho left Aston Villa for just under 118 million euros.
Benfica will not get the entire jackpot for themselves, because the parent club River Plate is entitled to a slice of around 20 million euros. Nevertheless, the store shows good business thinking from the people of Lisbon.
Chelsea’s new owner Todd Boehly has really made a stink. Even before Fernández’s record deal, the club had spent more money on player purchases than all the major league clubs in France, Germany and Italy combined.
However, there is no clear pattern to Boehly’s acquisitions. Fernández was Chelsea’s seventh million-dollar deal in January (previously Malo Gusto, Noni Madueke, Myh’ailo Mudryk, Benoit Badiash, Andrey Santos and David Datro as Fofa).
In addition, the club acquired of João Félix on loan and invited a couple of contracted players back from their own loan spells.
Sabitzer to Old Trafford
Manchester United, on the other hand, loaned the one registered at Bayern Munich by Marcel Sabitezer.
United jumped into player shopping in a hurry on the last day because Christian Eriksen The concussion received in the cup match will keep the Dane on the sidelines until April. Manager Erik ten Hag demanded additional reinforcements urgently, so that the team’s good mood would not be lost due to the injury of a key player.
Also João Cancelon in the surprise transfer from Manchester City to Bayern Munich, there is a strange reason to be found.
– My decision was due to the fact that my playing time has been limited in recent weeks. There was speculation in the press that my relationship (manager) To Pep Guardiola would not have been the best possible, but it was about the fact that I wanted a new start for this adventure as soon as possible, formulated the Portuguese national team member.
Cancelo managed to win the Premier League twice and was selected for the star team in the last two years. However, after the World Cup in Qatar, he noticed that he remained young by Rico Lewis and By Nathan Aké behind in City’s pecking order.
– I enjoyed my time at City and this is not the final departure yet, Cancelo clarified his loan agreement.
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Bayern’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić (left) was all smiles alongside João Cancelo. PDO
Jorginho to Arsenal
However, Arsenal did the best business because the manager Mikel Arteta attracted by the Italian national team player Jorginho in a deal worth just under 15 million euros to Emirates. The experienced player brings much-needed depth to the Gunners’ roster.
Jorginho, born in Brazil, was involved in winning European Championship gold in the summer of 2021, and in the same year he was listed as the third best player in the world Leo Messi’s and Robert Lewandowski double cloth.
The price difference to Fernández, who can fit in his place, is quite a lot.
Jorginho changed clubs within London. PDO