Man City reportedly agree blockbuster £125m deal for Chelsea star Enzo Fernandez

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] have been chasing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-enzo/nZnbEVWP/"]Fernandez[/a] for several months and the Argentina international is on the verge of moving to the Etihad Stadium on deadline day.[/p][p]Fernandez's switch would equal the fee paid by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] for Sweden striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a] last year.[/p][p]Enzo Maresca worked with Fernandez at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] before taking charge of City in the close-season after his January exit from Stamford Bridge.[/p][embed guid="c7a231f6-4917-4ae9-a9f2-59be17093919" url="https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/2094814377752830314" social-type="twitter" /][p]Maresca was keen to land Fernandez after the recent sale of influential World Cup winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a], as well as the departures of fellow midfielders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silva-bernardo/lUg03qcR/"]Bernardo Silva[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gonzalez-nicolas/ID3evg0L/"]Nico Gonzalez[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reijnders-tijani/f17EnPl3/"]Tijjani Reijnders[/a].[/p][p]The 25-year-old would partner England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anderson-elliott/KdYCbsbE/"]Elliot Anderson[/a] and Moroccan [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouaddi-ayyoub/dpoNasPg/"]Ayyoub Bouaddi[/a] in City's revamped central midfield.[/p][p]Anderson joined for £116 million from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a], while Bouaddi cost £86 million to become the most expensive teenager in Premier League history.[/p][p]Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso had left Fernandez out of his squad for the last two games as speculation swirled over his potential switch to City.[/p][p]Fernandez, who signed for Chelsea from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] for £106 million in 2023, angered the Blues last season by expressing interest in joining [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] and was dropped for two matches as a result.[/p][image alt="Enzo Fernandez's PL stats last season" id="49a6c153-6f0f-4f1f-b107-50746bdb07e7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="a1a8ddd6-1a31-4677-b01f-bf535b9f2330" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The polarising star was sent off in Argentina's World Cup final defeat against Spain in July.[/p][p]He also angered England fans with his provocative celebration of his country's World Cup semi-final win over Thomas Tuchel's men.[/p][p]Fernandez has won the UEFA Conference League and the Club World Cup in his time at Chelsea.[/p]