Chelsea peper working to complete 105 million pound January deal for best young player at World Cup Football as deal on going between two parties club

 

Chelsea are trying to force through a January deal for Argentina World Cup star Enzo Fernandez, talkSPORT understands.Fernandez currently plays at Benfica in the Portugal top flight

The Blues are ready to meet the £105million release clause in Fernandez’s Benfica contract to steal a march on rival suitors.

Midfielder Fernandez emerged as one of Argentina’s standout players in their World Cup triumph, and was handed the FIFA Young Player award for his performances in Qatar.

He only joined Benfica in the summer, and the Portuguese club would prefer to sell at the end of the season when Liverpool and Manchester United could be among an array of European clubs entering the race.

But Chelsea want to do a deal now and are ready to pay a club record amount to secure the 21-year-old’s signature.

A fee of £105million for Fernandez would top their previous record outlay – the £97.5m they paid Inter Milan for Romelu Lukaku.