Jose Mourinho is in place at Real Madrid, and it will be rigged to make the Portuguese feel like The Special One. Over the past month, there have been repeated reports from various Spanish and English media that Enzo Fernandes is on Mourinho’s wish list, with Real Madrid, who last month signed Chelsea profile Marc Cucurella, also working on Fernandez signing. Now comes the confirmation of the opposite.
It’s not often Real Madrid “condescend” to respond to transfer rumours, but in the case of Enzo Fernandes and Chelsea, it’s clearly important to get the facts on the table.
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Real Madrid have no intention of signing Enzo Fernandez
In a long message on the club’s website, the situation is explained.
“Real Madrid have not taken any action – either directly or indirectly – with the aim of signing Enzo Fernandez – and have no intention of carrying out such a transfer.”
“Real Madrid would like to express its utmost respect for Enzo Fernandez, an outstanding footballer whose career and qualities are well known, as well as for Chelsea – a club with which Real Madrid has an excellent institutional relationship.”
“Precisely out of respect for Chelsea and in accordance with the principles of institutional loyalty, which have always characterized Real Madrid’s actions, the club finds it necessary to categorically reject these speculations, which are baseless and do not reflect reality.”
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“Real Madrid regrets that, despite the clear facts and the lack of action on the part of the club, information that does not correspond to reality, and that only contributes to creating confusion among fans and unnecessarily harming the clubs and those involved, continues to be disseminated.”
There was then a lot to investigate. Then we strike out what would be a Fernandez transfer at 140 million euros.
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