Analysis of Enzo Fernandez's sale
Enzo Fernández's departure from Benfica was inevitable.
Benfica did everything to keep Enzo in their squad.
From the moment Chelsea beat the clause and the player showed his willingness to leave, there was nothing else to do.
Under normal conditions, he would say that 5 months in the Portuguese Premier League would be little for any player before moving to the Premier League.
However, Enzo Fernández is a special case since 5 months in Portugal were enough to realize that his level was different.
Enzo is a differentiated player for his age. He has technique, vision of the game, shooting, quality of passing, aggressiveness, "lung" and intensity.
Right now he is undoubtedly one of the most complete midfielders of today.
It is no coincidence that he was the best young player at this World Cup, being the first player to play in Portugal and win this award.
When he arrived at Bendica, Enzo said the club was "a stepping stone to an even bigger club" and as much as this hurts his supporters, this is the reality.
This does not only apply to Enzo's case, he simply had the honesty or irresponsibility to admit it in public.
Any young player who arrives in Portuguese football, regardless of the club, will always think about making the leap to more competitively and financially attractive leagues, such as the Premier League.
The combination of the fact that Chelsea is in one of the most competitive leagues in the world with the financial factor of receiving a salary that he would never receive in Portugal made Enzo want to leave so much that he told Benfica that if the deal was not done he would fail the next game.
Benfica's fans were outraged by the departure but it was not with the club but with the player accusing him of ingratitude and lack of respect for the club.
After all, Enzo wasn't professional when he missed training to try to force his way out.
In short, for a player to prefer to stay in a Portuguese club instead of going to a Premier League club, a lot will have to change, not only in Portuguese football but also in European football and honestly, that will not happen.
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For me that´s the biggest sale ever!
Let’s see how he handles the pressure of that price tag!
The price tag and a different champioship
I think any league that wins a player over the EPL is huge. The fact Messi didn't test himself in the EPL surprises me. Hope to see Mbappe one day in England
For course EPL it is the most important competition in the world but I dont think players need to be unprofessional to reach it.
Just that
He (Enzo) is amazing. No one can control the price of football player elsewhere, but nobody's like him. Young, talented and cleaver.
Yes he is an amazing player but he needs to be more professional
He done somethings to leave Benfica that are not professional at all
Such as? He did nothing wrong, friend. The whole thing was a Chelsea vs Benfica come and goes...
You really think that?
Benfica told him to not go to Argentina in New Year because they will have pratcises. He went to Argentina and missed 2/3 pratcises.
He told to Benfica if they dont accept the Chelsea he would not play the next game that was against Arouca.
So, in my opinion he was not professional.
As a player, I can understand the desaire to go to Premier League however he should be professional with Benfica because no one force him to sign the contract with Benfica until 2027.
@cryptosimplify he is a World Champions, my friend... The best young player in the WC and also, one hell of a player... Either no one force him to sign his contract until 2027, the come and goes was between the clubs... You saw his EPL game against Fulham? He was astonishing. I don't agree with you at all, mate,
So, in our opinion if a player becomes a World Champions he can do What he wants in the club? Even having a signed contract?
I am not debating his quality but his professionalism.
He sign the contract with the rescission clause until someone pays the clause he knows the club can decide What he wants.
Imagine if you start to missing Day work in our Job just because you want to leave. It is this professional? NO
Football world it is not different.
When I said "he's a World Champions" I was trying to say that he played almost the entire december with his national team. No vacations what so ever, and let's be real about It, won't you go home at Holidays, even if you didn't enjoy a free days for relax? It's common sense. And, let's not forget Benfica's honored him as a WC and he even played a couple matches as well. The whole thing went weird when Chelsea decided to pay the clausure...
He had the same vacation as Nicolas Otamendi, his teammate who was also at the World Cup.
Unlike Enzo, we didn't see Otamendi going to Argentina when the club had training sessions and games in the next few days.
Benfica honored with WC champion but not on the same day as Otamendi due to the disrespect he had towards the club and the lack of professionalism in missing training sessions without valid justification.
We're going to stay here forever discussing this since I've already played in the first division of another modality and I'm a sportsman, this type of behavior doesn't make any sense to me.
And we have to start charging more because footballers are not special in terms of work rules.
If I were Benfica, I would have put a disciplinary process in place when he was absent and missed training and I would have applied a high fine.
You're right... This is useless and pointless. You had your view, and that's fine.