Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior has pinned his team’s hopes for success on Enzo Fernandez following speculation he is wanted by Real Madrid.The World Cup-winner moved to Stamford Bridge from Benfica in February 2023 for a then-British record fee and after a slow beginning to life in west London has established himself as key in the plans of successive Blues bosses.His capture was key to the recruitment policy of owners BlueCo, who moved quickly to set up a deal in the weeks after Fernandez had played a breakout role in helping Argentina to become world champions in Qatar.
00:00When you're a world-class player, an outstanding player, there's always going to be speculation that you can't control.
00:10He's a Chelsea player. He's very, very important to me.
00:13And I think we're going to have a really, really good, hopefully winning relationship moving forward in the short term and a long term.
00:19I think Enzo, because he's got an extreme skill set, firstly, technically he's outstanding.
00:25He covers a lot of ground. He's actually a very, very good athlete in terms of the way he can cover ground.
00:30He can finish. He can score goals. He arrives really well in the box when he plays higher up as a, you know, like a forward running eight or a number 10 in the pocket.
00:39He really does arrive well in the box. And a player of his level can do many different things.
00:44What I need to do, not just with Enzo, with all of the players, is find out what the chemistry is around his position.
00:50It's not just him. It's how other players fit around him.
00:53But for me, Enzo can play deeper as a six, which he did really well against Arsenal.
00:57I brought him on against Charlton as a pocket player and he did really well there.
01:01Doesn't surprise me because he's an outstanding player.
01:03So I don't like pigeonholing players.
01:06I don't, I don't say they're one position.
01:08If you look in my career, what I've done with players, I've used them in different roles.
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