{"id":312994,"date":"2026-04-03T23:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=312994"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:37:39","slug":"paul-merson-convinced-chelsea-star-has-already-handed-in-transfer-request-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/paul-merson-convinced-chelsea-star-has-already-handed-in-transfer-request-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Merson convinced Chelsea star has already handed in transfer request | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rosenior confirmed Fernandez\u2019s punishment on Friday (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul Merson is convinced Enzo Fernandez has already informed Liam Rosenior he wants to go away Chelsea this summer.<\/p>\n

Fernandez\u2019s future at Stamford Bridge has been plunged into doubt after a series of interviews where he refused to commit his long-term future to the club.<\/p>\n

Through the international break, he further fuelled talk of a move to Real Madrid after claiming he would \u2018really like\u2019 to live within the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n

His comments have seen Chelsea take motion with Rosenior confirming on Friday that Fernandez will now sit out of the club\u2019s next two games against Port Vale and Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Marc Cucurella made similarly provocative remarks throughout the break, admitting he would find it difficult to show down a move to Barcelona this summer. However the Spain international has avoided any punishment for now.<\/p>\n

Rosenior claimed \u2018a line was crossed\u2019 when Fernandez refused to rule out a move to Real but Merson believes the Blues boss has made a mistake in his handling of the situation.<\/p>\n

\u2018I believe more\u2019s gone on than that. I believe Enzo has sat down with him and told him I need to go away,\u2019 Merson told Sky Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Fernandez will miss CHelsea\u2019s next two matches (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve seen Cucurella have a gathering with him. But Enzo has gone in and said I need to go away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018One thing you’ve gotten to do as a manager is rarely chop your nose off to spite your face. Let the fans take care of that situation. Not you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The fans will let you understand in the event that they are unhappy with Enzo. But play him on the pitch. He’s considered one of Chelsea\u2019s best players. It\u2019s disappointing as a Chelsea fans, and it\u2019s only excellent news for Man City.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Fernandez\u2019s agent doesn’t feel the punishment matches the crime (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rosenior\u2019s comments have also sparked an offended response from Fernandez\u2019s agent who feels his client has been treated unfairly.<\/p>\n

Javier Pastore told The Athletic: \u2018The punishment is totally unfair \u2014 banning the player for 2 matches, which furthermore are also absolutely crucial for Chelsea because qualification for the Champions League is at stake and he’s considered one of the team\u2019s most significant players.<\/p>\n

\u2018Alongside others, after all, but he has proven himself this 12 months to be a frontrunner and a key player, the backbone of this Chelsea side.<\/p>\n

\u2018I believe it\u2019s far too harsh given Chelsea\u2019s current situation, and there\u2019s no real reason or justification for why he has been banned.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Rosenior confirmed Fernandez\u2019s punishment on Friday (Picture: Getty) Paul Merson is convinced Enzo Fernandez has already informed Liam Rosenior he wants to go away Chelsea this summer. Fernandez\u2019s future at Stamford Bridge has been plunged into doubt after a series of interviews where he refused to commit his long-term future to the club. Through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":312995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[1289,22338,5479,7427,23627,4546,2134,795,3006],"class_list":["post-312994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-chelsea","tag-convinced","tag-football","tag-handed","tag-merson","tag-paul","tag-request","tag-star","tag-transfer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312997,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312994\/revisions\/312997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}