Chelsea set Enzo bid deadline: Blues tell Man City and other suitors to offer £120MILLION

Chelsea have told Manchester City they have until 5pm tomorrow to pay £120million to sign Enzo Fernandez — or forget about the transfer.

As Daily Mail Sport has reported previously in this window, City are interested in the Argentina midfielder, who shared a strong relationship with Enzo Maresca when he was Chelsea coach.

Fernandez, who returned to Chelsea training this week after helping his country to the World Cup final, has six years left on his contract.

If City do not meet Chelsea’s demands, the Stamford Bridge club do not intend to sell Fernandez in this window.

City’s interest in the player, 25, has been known to Chelsea since the end of last season which is when their valuation of the midfielder was confirmed to Fernandez’s agent, Javier Pastore.

Fernandez was one of the Argentina players who riled England after the ill-tempered World Cup semi-final in Atlanta, which Argentina won 2-1.

The Chelsea man drew Argentina level after 85 minutes and immediately raced over to stand in front of England fans, cupped his hands behind his ears and stuck out his tongue, then blew a kiss.

Chelsea were later forced to delete a post on X which celebrated wantaway star Fernandez’s equaliser after a furious response from fans up and down the country.