Enzo Fernandez’s agent, Javier Pastore, says they’ve held clear-the-air talks with Chelsea, and that his shopper has apologised for the interviews he carried out over the worldwide break.
Blues boss Liam Rosenior final week revealed the membership had handed their very own vice-captain a two-game ban – to be served towards Port Vale within the FA Cup and Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League – for flirting with Actual Madrid whereas away with the Argentinian nationwide staff.
Pastore initially blasted that punishment as ‘fully unfair’ with the middleman including they might ‘discover different choices’ this summer time if Chelsea failed to satisfy their calls for amid a impasse in new-deal talks.
Nonetheless, Pastore has now backtracked on these feedback in one other interview, this time with French soccer web site High Mercato, as he claimed the state of affairs has been resolved in non-public.
‘Now we have already spoken about this over the previous couple of days,’ stated Pastore, the previous Paris Saint-Germain midfielder. ‘These had been feedback he made with no intention of inflicting issues at Chelsea.
‘He’s the captain, one of many leaders of the staff. He has proven his greatest aspect on the pitch this season. He solely spoke a few metropolis (Madrid). Then there have been many interviews in a brief area of time the place he talked about his future. The media blended a variety of issues collectively and began saying he was going to go away Chelsea. There may be nothing in any respect to it.
Enzo Fernandez has held clear-the-air talks with Chelsea after his feedback throughout the worldwide break
The participant’s agent Javier Pastore has given one other interview in fast succession confirming that Fernandez and his membership are on the identical wavelength
‘We’re on the identical wavelength with Chelsea. We made peace yesterday and the day earlier than between Chelsea and the participant. There was by no means actually an issue. Now we have cleared issues up.
‘What occurred, occurred. We defined to the participant that, even when he did nothing incorrect, he mustn’t have stated that. He’s solely 25 years outdated. He’s nonetheless younger and nonetheless has issues to study. We defined to the membership that he stated it with none malice and that he was incorrect to take action.
‘He naturally apologised to the membership, his team-mates, the supervisor, the sporting director, everybody. We’re all on the identical web page. It was merely a matter of clearing up a misunderstanding.’
It stays to be seen whether or not Chelsea will raise Fernandez’s in-house ban for the go to of Metropolis to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Liam Rosenior will affirm a technique or one other at his pre-match press convention, to be held on Friday afternoon at Cobham.
Fernandez, 25, is contracted to Chelsea till 2032.
