Enzo Fernandez has risked the wrath of Chelsea followers after claiming it was a dream to play for a membership ‘as huge’ as Man Metropolis after his £125million transfer, whereas solely referencing the Blues as his ‘earlier membership’.
Fernandez accomplished his switch to Man Metropolis on deadline day, with the deal equalling the British switch document price paid by Liverpool to Newcastle for Alexander Isak final summer time.
The Argentine had beforehand angered Chelsea supporters by flirting with a transfer to Actual Madrid final season, resulting in him being suspended by the membership for 2 matches.
Fernandez had tried to elucidate his departure to Chelsea followers on social media by stating he had not been in a ‘good place’.
‘Life is about making choices, and proper now I discover myself having to make a kind of troublesome choices. I’ve mentioned it earlier than, however I wish to say it once more: I’ve grown extremely keen on this membership. Chelsea will at all times have a spot in my ideas and, above all, in my coronary heart,’ Fernandez wrote.
‘However I additionally perceive how soccer works. I understand how passionate you might be, as a result of I’m the identical. And if I had been in your place, I’d most likely be considering the identical method.’
Enzo Fernandez declared he ‘at all times dreamed of being at a membership as huge as Man Metropolis’
Fernandez feedback are prone to anger Chelsea followers, as he additionally referred to the Blues solely as his ‘earlier membership’
Fernandez had adopted Enzo Maresca as not referring to Chelsea by title after becoming a member of Metropolis
Regardless of the emotions, Fernandez adopted Enzo Maresca in avoiding Chelsea by title after finishing the transfer, with the Italian having referred to them as a ‘totally different membership’ after becoming a member of Man Metropolis.
Fernandez additionally spoke of his dream of taking part in for a ‘huge membership’.
‘I am actually completely happy to be right here,’ Fernández mentioned. ‘I at all times dreamed of being at a membership as huge as Metropolis.
‘I am grateful for the chance. It is a very emotional second for me and my household, to take this step at 25 years previous, in a soccer profession that I at all times dreamed of.
‘I am so completely happy to be right here, having fun with these first few hours I’ve had on the membership. I can already see simply how huge it’s and, we are going to take pleasure in ourselves and win plenty of issues collectively.
‘Manchester Metropolis must win each trophy they compete for,’ he mentioned. ‘In each competitors we play in, now we have to compete and win, as a result of this membership’s historical past calls for that.
‘To be trustworthy, from the primary day they believed in me and referred to as me to say they wished me to hitch the membership, I did not hesitate for a second.’
When talking about linking up once more with Maresca, Fernandez added: ‘He’s a prime supervisor, actually, I had him at my earlier membership.’
They had been unimaginable moments. I discovered a lot with him.
‘I am additionally grateful as a result of he was essential in bringing me right here. So it is an enormous pleasure for me to work alongside him and luxuriate in it.
‘To be trustworthy, we had been each very longing for it to occur, as a result of it wasn’t straightforward for me to be right here at this time.
‘However I do know he additionally made an enormous effort, talking to the membership, and I am grateful that he did that.
‘It was an extended few days, however in the long run I am right here and I am very completely happy to be becoming a member of this membership.’
