With incoming boss Xabi Alonso officially taking the reins at Stamford Bridge following Chelsea‘s disappointing, tenth-place finish, a massive squad clear-out is underway.
However, the club’s hierarchy has drawn a strict line in the sand regarding World Cup winner Enzo Fernández.
Following a concrete, multi-million inquiry from newly-crowned Italian champions Inter Milan, the Chelsea board responded by demanding an eye-watering, logic-defying fee to even open negotiations.
Alonso reportedly views Fernández as a non-negotiable component of his long-term structural rebuild, meaning any interested suitor will have to completely shatter the current Italian transfer record to prize the midfielder away from London.
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