{"id":6367,"date":"2026-05-31T07:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:17:30","slug":"chelsea-star-could-formally-request-to-leave-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6367","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Star Could &#8216;Formally Request To Leave The Club&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez may try to force a move away from Stamford Bridge, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>ESPN<\/em> claim that the Argentinian international could \u201cformally request to leave the club\u201d if the Blues don\u2019t soften their transfer stance.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, it is believed that Fernandez\u2019s departure will only be sanctioned if a team matches his \u00a3120m asking price.<\/p>\n<p>If that doesn\u2019t happen, Chelsea fully expect the player to report for pre-season when he returns from the World Cup.<\/p>\n<h2>Things could get ugly between Fernandez and the club<\/h2>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t appear as if the midfielder will accept staying in London beyond the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are several reasons that Fernandez is thought to be unhappy. His two-match ban after comments he made during the last international break did not go down well.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old was also upset about the departure of Enzo Maresca, while an impasse in talks over a new contract has contributed to his disenchantment. The Blues\u2019 failure to qualify for the Champions League may have been the final straw.<\/p>\n<h2>Will any team match Chelsea\u2019s valuation?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"c78749ece7fd074ea5dc1889e7c53f0f\" v=\"f216f6d5d0b6ef819f6e02bf8357cefd\" image-id=\"esmecEi3nwi4\" theme=\"iy-theme\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; aspect-ratio: 1.5002560163850487; max-width: 2930px;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Real Madrid are thought to be the team that Fernandez would most like to join, but <em>ESPN<\/em> report that his current price tag is an \u201cobstacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been suggestions that players could be involved in a part-exchange offer. Manager Xabi Alonso would <strong>reportedly<\/strong> be keen on being reunited with two players \u2013 Dean Huijsen and Aurelien Tchouameni \u2013\u00a0 but there is no guarantee that the pair would be interested in moving to Stamford Bridge, even if the La Liga giants were willing to part with them.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City are also said to be keeping tabs on Fernandez, but offloading one of your best players to a division rival would not go down well with fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about the Chelsea First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez may try to force a move away from Stamford Bridge, according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}