'The President told me we had to sell because they paid the clause' Transfer insider reveals inner workings of Chelsea's record deadline day move

""He was only there half a year," Schmidt recalls. "We bought him for 50 million. Half a year later, we sold him for 126 million. "It was the last day of the transfer window in winter and we played Arouca in Portugal. Then, after the match the president told me we had to sell Enzo Fernandez because they [Chelsea] had paid the clause. Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea (Image credit: Getty Images) "He was gone and we got a replacement.""

""It was a month of a lot of fuss," he said on the Extra Time podcast. "At that time, obviously, in that month everything was very crazy. Because one week I was going to Chelsea, another week I was not going. That's how it was until the end of the month. "So, it ended up happening. On the last day of the transfer window, a transfer of a lot of value. "I obviously tried to enjoy the last few weeks [at Benfica], whether I was leaving or not.""

Roger Schmidt signed Enzo Fernández for €50 million and sold him within six months after a high-value winter transfer clause was triggered. The sale occurred on the last day of the January transfer window following a match against Arouca, with the club president informing Schmidt that Chelsea had paid the clause. Fernández experienced a month of intense speculation and uncertainty about the move but tried to enjoy his final weeks at Benfica. Benfica promptly sourced a replacement after the transfer completed. Reported transfer figures in the text also appear as €107 million in earlier references.

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