The untold story behind why Enzo Fernández's transfer to Chelsea was unsuccessful

According to certain sources, the deal hasn't completely fallen through yet, but it appears that Chelsea will need to pay the entire 120 million euro release clause up front if they want to sign Enzo Fernandez right away.

There is a sense that it isn't quite over yet, but it has also devolved into a complete shambles, and Chelsea has been painted in a very negative light by public media reports.
As of this afternoon, TyC Sports has published its account of the events and claims to have an exclusive on the "secret scheme" behind why Enzo's transfer to Chelsea fell through, at least temporarily.

 

[Julio88]

According to certain sources, the deal hasn't completely fallen through yet, but it appears that Chelsea will need to pay the entire 120 million euro release clause up front if they want to sign Enzo Fernandez right away.

There is a sense that it isn't quite over yet, but it has also devolved into a complete shambles, and Chelsea has been painted in a very negative light by public media reports.
As of this afternoon, TyC Sports has published its account of the events and claims to have an exclusive on the "secret scheme" behind why Enzo's transfer to Chelsea fell through, at least temporarily.

I think that Chelsea's pursuit of Enzo Fernandes hit a snag because they were willing to pay the release clause that was inserted in his contract by Benfica. The interested party thought the fee could be negotiated, but the Portuguese club were having none of it