Enzo Fernandes has shaken Chelsea’s foundations by wooing Real Madrid. British journalist Jonathan Wilson wrote an interesting article for the Guardian, explaining the reason for the harsh punishment given to the Argentine player by coach Liam Rosenior, who forced him to miss two games. His “crime” was that during an interview with a streamer he said that he wanted to live in Madrid, which everyone interpreted as a clear consent to a possible move to Real Madrid.
Wilson defended the player’s comments. “Madrid is more like Buenos Aires, where Fernandes grew up, than London. It’s understandable for an Argentine living in Argentina to think that way,” he explained. To the British journalist, this was just an excuse by Chelsea owner Todd Boley to hide the fact that the philosophy the club had set in place, citing Enzo Fernandes as an example, was no longer working.
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“When they took over promising to revolutionize traditional football, their plan was to sign young players to long-term contracts and give them relatively low base salaries but high incentives. Let them develop and grow together. That’s fine, but until you start hanging out with the footballers, you’ve spent eight years with no possibility of improvement or transfer. “There are very few people who expect him to finish a contract, let alone a half contract. There is a hierarchy at the club and the truth is that if a 107 million player performs well enough at Chelsea to justify his price tag, there is a chance that an elite club will be interested in him, regardless of how well Chelsea perform,” he said.
“A club cannot build a title-winning team solely out of promising young players. As young players grow up, they want more money, more challenges, more success. But to admit this would be to admit a fatal flaw in Chelsea’s project. Fernandes is essentially the child who exposed the Emperor’s nakedness,” Wilson explained.
“Soccer is different because releasing players doesn’t require complicated financial negotiations, it just makes it easier for players to leave. On the other hand, players’ careers and contracts are short, and clubs are ruthless in transferring players at the end of their playing lives. “It makes sense that they would be able to negotiate relatively freely. Given the regulations regarding direct contact with clubs (which are not particularly strictly enforced), that is virtually the only way a player can announce his availability and put pressure on his current employer,” he reasoned. That’s exactly what Enzo Fernandes is trying to do.
