Benfica Boss Calls Out Chelsea Over “Disrespectful” Enzo Fernandez Transfer Pursuit

All the behind-the-scenes drama has infuriated Schmidt, who views the Argentine World Cup winner as one of his most important players and hopes to keep him for what promises to be an exciting second half of the season at the Estadio Da Luz.

The German has had enough of Chelsea’s efforts to prise Fernandez away from Benfica.

“There’s a club who want our player. They know we don’t want to sell the player,” Schmidt firmly declared when explaining Fernandez’s situation in a press conference on Thursday. “They try to get the player on their side and they know that they can only get this player when they pay the [release] clause. So it’s a very clear situation, what the club is doing who wants to buy Enzo.

“It’s disrespectful against all of us, against Benfica and I cannot accept what they are doing. So to make the player crazy and then pretend they can pay the clause and later they want to negotiate, I think it’s not what I understand about a good relationship between clubs who maybe want to discuss a player. That’s what I can say about the whole topic with Enzo and I will not answer further consequential questions.”

Benfica head coach Roger Schmidt on Enzo Fernández deal and Chelsea’s bid rejected 🔵 #CFC

“It’s disrespectful for all of us, I can’t accept what they are doing” 🎥⤵️https://t.co/3uvYZ93iTC

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 5, 2023

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Be sure to keep an eye on the Fernandez saga, as we expect further developments to come.