Chelsea completes the signing of Argentan midfielder Enzo Fernandez on a record transfer from Benfica on the transfer deadline.  

  The midfielder, 22, was named Best Young Player of the World Cup for his displays during Argentina’s successful campaign in Qatar and was valued at the sum of £106.8 million by Benfica. The fee eclipses the previous record of £100 million that Manchester City paid Aston Villa for Jack Grealish in 2021.

Enzo has signed an eight-and-half-year deal that will run until 2031. Todd Boehly’s consortium has spent hundreds of millions since buying Chelsea at the end of last season in the hope that his extra splurge will lift the club from 10th place in the Premier League.