According to him, a record transfer fee will be paid for the 25-year-old defender in the Premier League – £125 million (about €145.9 million).
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It is worth noting that last year Liverpool paid €145 million for the Swede Alexander Isak to Newcastle United.
E. Fernandez, having moved to Manchester, will reunite with coach Enzo Maresca, who replaced Pep Guardiola at Manchester City this season and coached Chelsea from 2024 to 2026.
Fernandez played for the London club since 2023, when he arrived from Lisbon’s Benfica for €121 million.
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In over 170 matches, he scored 31 goals and made 30 assists.
Manchester City acquired Englishman Elliot Anderson this offseason (for €135 million from Nottingham Forest), Moroccan Ayyoub Bouaddi (for €95 million from Lille), Brazilian Allan (for €35 million from Palmeiras), Frenchman Mathys Detourbet (for €25 million from Troyes), and several others.
The most notable departures are Savinho (for €87.7 million to London’s Tottenham), Tijjani Reijnders (for €61.1 million to Al-Qadsiah), Rodri (for €60 million to Barcelona), Nico Gonzalez (for €56 million to Newcastle), James Trafford (for €46.7 million to Leeds), and Manuel Akanji (for €15 million to Milan’s Inter).
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