Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s agent, Javier Pastore, has confirmed that options are being explored for his client to leave Chelsea after the conclusion of the 2026 World Cup. Pastore set out the position in an interview with MARCA, while Fern\u00e1ndez remains with Argentina at the tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday the player is calmly focused on the national team, he\u2019s playing in a World Cup, he\u2019s very close to advancing to the round of 16.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s only thinking about that and we\u2019re looking at possibilities for him to leave Chelsea , but there\u2019s nothing firm or confirmed with any club.\u201d<\/p>\n
The midfielder apologised following a separate incident and was reintegrated into the Chelsea squad, even taking the captain\u2019s armband, but transfer speculation has continued after a difficult campaign. Chelsea finished 10th in the 2025\u201326 Premier League table.<\/p>\n
Reports at the end of last month suggested Real Madrid\u2019s new manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has made Fern\u00e1ndez a first-choice target as the club searches for a deep-lying playmaker, a role left vacant since the departures of Toni Kroos and Luka Modri\u0107. Other names reportedly on Madrid\u2019s shortlist include AZ\u2019s Kees Smit and World Cup teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi. Mateus Fernandes had been considered before he completed an \u00a385 million ($113 million) move to Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n
Pastore told MARCA that he is based in Madrid and pointed to Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s connections there. \u201cHe has many friends there, and he\u2019s very good friends with Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, and in the end, they spend all their free time together there. And I\u2019m also living in Madrid.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time he traveled, it was to see me and to sort out work matters, but besides that: who doesn\u2019t love Madrid? I didn\u2019t even play in Madrid … even I live there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pastore has also insisted no formal talks with any suitors have taken place, a point that has been echoed by multiple sources including Fabrizio Romano. With reported interest and Madrid\u2019s measured approach, the situation looks set to be a summer-long saga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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