{"id":7149,"date":"2026-05-11T09:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:25:28","slug":"chelsea-ready-to-offer-goalscoring-midfielder-major-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7149","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8220;ready to offer&#8221; goalscoring midfielder major deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Enzo Fernandez made serious noises about leaving Chelsea \u2013 but a new contract would surely settle him down for a while.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Italian transfer insider Nicolo Schira has been stepping up and offering some exclusives of late, as he tries his best to battle with the likes of Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Today Schira offers some news on Enzo Fernandez, the Chelsea midfielder who looks like he\u2019s going to be at the centre of a major transfer saga this summer.<\/p>\n<p>After flirting with the idea of leaving Chelsea in the March international break, the Argentine\u2019s story has faded into the background \u2013 but it\u2019s waiting to surface again when the summer starts. One thing that would end it prematurely would Enzo signing a new contract \u2013 and that\u2019s just what Schira suggests could be on the cards.<\/p>\n<h2>Schira says Chelsea ready to secure Enzo\u2019s future<\/h2>\n<p>Enzo is still on his original deal, and the new one would add more years and take him out to \u201cuntil 2033 or 2034,\u201d presumably with the kind of price rise that would make him happy to stay put and give this project another try.<\/p>\n<p>Until this deal gets done, the chatter about Enzo leaving will only continue.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea are going to be buying as well as selling this summer, and Jonathan Rowe is a name we\u2019re starting to see more and more of.<\/p>\n<p>Andrey Santos started in place of Romeo Lavia on Saturday and largely did well \u2013 but one pundit pointed to a big mistake he had made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Enzo Fernandez<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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