“Watching the World Cup I said: ‘I like ’24’. And I don’t know where he plays, I have to find him”

The last months of the life of Enzo Fernandez They have gone crazy. Officially in July 2022 as a new player of Benfica The Portuguese, his first team on the old continent, the World Cup in Qatar – where he was named the best young footballer – catapulted the midfielder from San Martín, who became the most expensive signing in the history of the Premier League after Chelsea will pay 121 million euros for his services.

In just 201 days, which elapsed between the announcement of its purchase and its sale, the Benfica almost triple the 44 million euros it paid River Plate of a player who was unknown to the general public until just a few months ago.

That’s how he met her Marc Cucurellahis partner in Chelseain an interview with ‘ESPN‘. “I’m watching the World Cup, most of all I want to watch my friends’ games there and I’m watching Argentina because Alexis -Mac Allister- is playing and I remember that in the first game I said: ‘Wow, I like it’ 24′ many, are very good’. And I don’t know where I’m playing or what, I have to look for it on my mobile”, explained the ex of Brighton.

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“Then I watched all the games and I kept saying to my family or my friends who watched the game with me: ‘I like ’24’. And look, it just happened that he came here to Chelsea.” cucurella, which was full of praise for the new ‘blue’ footballer. “He is a very kind boy, I told him that he will cook me a roast, because he makes me hungry. He’s very young, he’s very smart, he’s very good at playing the ball… Then he’s also smart to get back. He is adapting, he is playing very good games and I think we have a good midfielder”, concluded the Spanish international.

Undisputed starter at Chelsea

Since landing at Stamford Bridge, Enzo He has played nine games -all of them as a starter-, where he has yet to debut as a scorer but has already distributed two assists, in league duels against West Ham and City of Leicester.

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