Real Madrid “keep calling” for Chelsea star who could be about to have his best season yet | OneFootball

Our writer Simon Phillips has this morning reported on his site that Real Madrid keep pushing for Enzo Fernandez.

“I am of course talking about our Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez and the Real Madrid love in that they have for him,” Phillips wrote.

“I also know on the player side, like pretty much every player in the world, he would see it as a bit of a dream to play for Real Madrid one day, yet there is no suggestion that he is now unhappy at Chelsea or that he would push for a move.”

Real Madrid “keep calling” for Chelsea star

Enzo Fernandez celebrates his goal at the Club World Cup. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

“But, and this is a worrying but in my view, SPTC sources heard yesterday that Real Madrid ‘keep calling’ for Fernandez this summer,” Phillips continues.

“When I asked the source what Chelsea’s response was, they simply replied with the bag of dollars emoji! So, make of that as you will but as I say, Chelsea will not actively be looking to sell Fernandez this summer and Champions League football has helped keep him content at the club.

“I guess what my source is suggesting is that money talks and he’s right, it does. If a huge offer comes in for Fernandez, then Chelsea would at least listen. He’s not in the fully indispensable category like Moises Caicedo and Cole Palmer.”

Madrid accumulating cash for major future transfers

We would usually say that the “bag of dollars” required to sign Fernandez at this stage in his contract would simply be too big for Real Madrid to afford. But the way that they constantly poach players on free transfers (like Trent Alexander-Arnold this summer and possibly Ibrahima Konate next summer) means they are actually saving up quite the transfer kitty to splash on someone like Enzo.