{"id":18128,"date":"2026-07-17T01:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18128"},"modified":"2026-07-17T01:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:21:58","slug":"chelsea-standing-firm-on-enzo-fernandez-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18128","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea standing firm on Enzo Fernandez price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">July 16, 2026 21:28 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestEnzoFernandez_2026.jpg\" title=\"Enzo Fernandez news\" alt=\"Enzo Fernandez news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Chelsea on Enzo fee<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea are standing firm on their price tag for midfielder <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Enzo Fernandez<\/span><\/span>  after his heroics for Argentina at the World Cup.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px; padding-top:10px\">\n<p>The Argentine had a quality season with the Blues and has carried his form into the World Cup, where he has been sublime.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez recently scored the winning goal against Egypt in the round of 16 and repeated the feat against England in the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>His goalscoring heroics have only enhanced his reputation and Chelsea firmly believe he is fully worth the current price tag of\u00a0\u00a3120 million.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid have already distanced themselves from the player, but there is still high-profile interest in his services this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are among the contenders, while Bayern Munich could also enter the race for him too.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Manchester United are clubs looking for a marquee midfielder, but they are not exploring deals for Fernandez, as of now.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez is expected to discuss his future after the World Cup.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news July 16, 2026 21:28 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}