{"id":5418,"date":"2026-05-07T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:23:28","slug":"arsenal-open-to-another-transfer-raid-on-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal open to another transfer raid on Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Arsenal are open to signing Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea if the midfielder agitates for an exit this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandez\u2019s future is in doubt with the Argentine understood to be unhappy with Chelsea\u2019s project. The Blues have lost six straight Premier League games and look set to miss out on Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder made headlines earlier this season when he discussed his desire to live in Spain, amid reported interest from Real Madrid. Fernandez was dropped from the Chelsea squad for two games as a result of the comments by former manager Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n<p>However, Spanish suitors face competition from the Premier League. Manchester City are understood to be monitoring his situation, while TEAMtalk claim Arsenal are also interested in a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rivalry between the London sides, Arsenal and Chelsea have conducted plenty of business in recent years. Their tradings include the \u00a365m transfer of Kai Havertz from Stamford Bridge to Arsenal in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have no intention of selling Fernandez, who is the club\u2019s vice-captain. The midfielder signed a contract until 2032 and cost Chelsea a then-British record \u00a3106.1m from Benfica in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0ON THIS DAY: Henry hits Arsenal hat-trick in Highbury farewell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0Tottenham battle Chelsea and Liverpool for Brighton defender<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are open to signing Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea if the midfielder agitates for an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5418","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\/5418","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=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}