Tag: Fernandez

Xabi Alonso: New Chelsea manager wants to keep Enzo Fernandez
14 July 2026 Off

Xabi Alonso: New Chelsea manager wants to keep Enzo Fernandez

By Total Football News

Alonso entered the Drake Suite, which celebrates Chelsea‘s league title-winning managers, and said it was a “privilege and honour” to lead a club with such a successful history.

He has been training a large squad, including Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill, at Cobham, with only eight Chelsea players away at the World Cup.

The 44-year-old explained his reasons for joining Chelsea after Enzo Maresca left in January,

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Enzo Fernandez: Video fallout brought me closer to Chelsea team-mates
1 December 2025 Off

Enzo Fernandez: Video fallout brought me closer to Chelsea team-mates

By Total Football News

Fernandez, who became Chelsea’s vice-captain that summer under manager Enzo Maresca, explained how he cut short his post-tournament holiday to apologise in person during their pre-season tour of the United States, when he also released a written statement saying he was “truly sorry”.

When asked if the episode strengthened his relationship with his team-mates, he replied: “Yes, absolutely.” He added: “It was a tough time, but my team-mates understood

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Burnley 0-2 Chelsea: Pedro Neto & Enzo Fernandez lift Chelsea into second in Premier League
22 November 2025 Off

Burnley 0-2 Chelsea: Pedro Neto & Enzo Fernandez lift Chelsea into second in Premier League

By Total Football News

However, resting players looked a gamble early on as Burnley started brightly, with Jaidon Anthony having two early shots blocked and Loum Tchaouna forcing a save from Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez with a strike from the edge of the box.

Chelsea started slowly and tested Burnley keeper Martin Dubvravka with a tame long-range effort from Trevoh Chalobah.

But after Neto’s header put them ahead they took control, withdrawing captain Reece

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Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Palmer, Fernandez, Evanilson, Martinez
5 May 2025 Off

Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Palmer, Fernandez, Evanilson, Martinez

By Total Football News

Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) and Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): These two are on a similar trajectory. Really impressive performance: box to box, combative and they did everything they needed to do. Tielemans has been great for Villa and now Villa are trying to work out who fits in around him. Before it was chopping and changing – was it Amadou Onana, was it John McGinn? Now it’s Tielemans and whoever. Fernandez

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Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool: Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer help Blues win to strengthen Champions League hopes
4 May 2025 Off

Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool: Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer help Blues win to strengthen Champions League hopes

By Total Football News

Chelsea strengthened their bid for a place in next season’s Champions League with victory against newly crowned Premier League champions Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot made six changes from the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur to clinch the title at Anfield, resulting in a display lacking some of their traditional intensity until it was too late.

After giving Liverpool the traditional champions’ guard of honour before

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Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez down Leicester in dominant display
23 November 2024 Off

Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez down Leicester in dominant display

By Total Football News

Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez goals secured a dominant away victory for Chelsea at Leicester.

Jackson, 23, scored his fifth goal in four consecutive away games as he outbattled defender Wout Faes to win a long punt up field, which he finished well after Fernandez played him into position in the 15th minute.

Fernandez then headed in from close range on the rebound, after goalkeeper Mads Hermansen saved Jackson’s initial

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Enzo Fernandez: Chelsea midfielder to miss rest of season after operation
25 April 2024 0

Enzo Fernandez: Chelsea midfielder to miss rest of season after operation

By Total Football News

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez will miss the rest of the season after undergoing successful surgery on a groin issue.

The 23-year-old Argentina international will be absent for the club’s remaining six Premier League games of the 2023-24 season.

But he could target a return in time for the Copa America, which starts on 20 June.

Fernandez joined Chelsea from Benfica for a British record £107m transfer fee at the end

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