Chelsea pays a record-breaking Premier League fee of €121m to sign Enzo Fernandez. Joao Cancelo makes a surprise move to Bayern Munich and Jorginho joins Arsenal on transfer deadline day in Europe. The Premier League club once again outscored their rivals in a desperate battle to strengthen their squad for the second half of the season.
A struggling Chelsea, led by Graham Potter, enjoyed staggering spending in January. With Atletico leaving Madrid with Mihailo Madric, Benoît, Badiasil, Noni, Madueke, and João Felix on loan. World champion Fernandez, whose transfer was announced by Portuguese club Benfica early Wednesday, is Chelsea’s eighth signing in the January window. (Read Also: Ronaldo is about to justify his Contribution for Al Nassr)
The £106.8m fee eclipses the record £100m that Manchester City paid Aston Villa for Jack Grealish in 2021. Fernandez, who was named the best young player at the World Cup for his performances during Argentina’s successful campaign in Qatar, joined Portuguese giants Benfica last July for a transfer fee of around £10 million. The 22-year-old has signed 8.5 years deal until 2031 as per the reports.
Todd Boehly’s consortium has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since buying Chelsea at the end of last season, but the club remains 10th in the Premier League.
Cancelo joins Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich hasthe option to loan Manchester City full-back Cancelo until the end of the season and buy him for a reported €70 million.
The 28-year-old Portuguese defender joined City from Juventus in 2019, but Pep hasn’t been a key figure in Guardiola’s squad since the World Cup. “FC Bayern is a prodigious club. It is one of the best in the world. Playing alongside these extraordinary players is a huge motivation for me,” Cancelo said.
Premier League Leaders Arsenal have signed Italian midfielder Jorginho from Chelsea for a reported £ 12 million deal.
Jorginho, who has reportedly signed an 18-month deal at the Emirates stadium, told Arsenal.com:
“I’m looking forward to this new challenge and can’t wait to be on the pitch.
“Everything happened so fast. I was a little surprised, but I took advantage of this great challenge.”
The Gunners, who are in contention for their first Premier League title since 2004, signed Belgian striker Leandro Trossard from Brighton earlier this month and Polish defender Jakub Kiwior from Italian club Spezia. Arsenal’s north London rivals Tottenham have announced the signing of Sporting Lisbon defender Pedro Polo just minutes before the deadline.
The right-back remained on loan until the end of the season with a promise to make the transfer permanent at the end of the season. Manchester United announced on Wednesday the loan of midfielder Marcel Savitzer from Bayern Munich. United had to go to Tuesday’s deadline after Christian Eriksen suffered an ankle injury that will keep him out until early May.
Manager Eric ten Hag completed the loan of Dutch striker Wout Weghorst earlier this month.
Domineering Newcastle has signed Scottish U21 full-back Harrison Ashby from West Ham after signing Anthony Gordon from Everton.
Relegation-threatened Bournemouth has signed Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny from Dynamo Kyiv for around £ 24 million before signing Ivory Coast midfielder Hamed Traore’s Sassuolo for the sixth time this month. This became a contract.
Nottingham Forest continued a dramatic transformation of the team since promotion last year, signing Atletico Madrid defender Felipe and Newcastle midfielder Jonjo he Shelvey. Forest also signed goalkeeper Keylor Navas on loan from Paris Saint-Germain until the end of the season. Leicester has signed Australian defender Harry Suter from Stoke on a five-and-a-half-year deal while Ayoze Perez joins Real Betis for the rest of the season.
