The previous record was held by Manchester City for signing Jack Grealish for 115 million euros a year and a half ago. According to the press, Fernández's transfer increases the amount invested by the 'Blues' in this winter window to more than 300 million euros.
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This is a huge profit for Benfica, who spent ten times less last August to sign him from River Plate.
Already coveted by major European clubs at the time, Fernandez caught the attention of the entire world by winning the World Cup in Qatar with Argentina.
Chelsea had already spent 100 million euros, including bonuses, on Ukrainian Mykhailo Mudryk, from Shakhtar Donetsk, and 40 million euros on Frenchman Benoît Badiashile.
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This sum is added to the more than 300 million euros already spent this summer to bring, among others, Frenchman Wesley Fofana, from Leicester, Marco Cucurella, from Brighton, and Raheem Sterling, from Manchester City.
On the other hand, Chelsea obtained less than around 60 million euros from the accumulated sales of Timo Werner to RB Leipzig, Emerson to West Ham and Billy Gilmour to Brighton in the summer, as well as Jorginho to Arsenal in the final days of the winter transfer window. .
(with AFP)
