▲ Fernandez, who is just 22 years old, will be paid a whopping NT$3.9 billion for the

transfer to another club (professional sports)

England Premier Soccer League

Chelsea

. (Photo/CFP)

Reporter Du Yijun/Synthesis

Enzo Fernandez, the talented 22-year-old Argentine midfielder who made a name for himself at last year's World Cup, was rumored to be on his way to a breakthrough with the

England Premier Soccer League

The league record price of 120 million euros (equivalent to about 3.9 billion Taiwan dollars) for a move from Portuguese Premier League side Benfica to the

England Premier Soccer League

Chelsea

Effectively, the two parties will work together until 2031.

Chelsea

Agreed to pay a €120 million price tag to unwind the liquidated damages clause in Fernandez's contract, the sky is the limit

transfer to another club (professional sports)

The fee also breaks 2021

Manchester City football club

The record-breaking snatching of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa at a cost of 100 million euros became the

England Premier Soccer League

maddest ever

transfer to another club (professional sports)

Skyrocket Records.

According to foreign media reports.

Chelsea

Will be paid in 6 installments

transfer to another club (professional sports)

fee, but will pay Benfica 40 million euros up front. Fernandez had 10 scoops against France in the final of the World Cup championship in Cada, setting a new high of 17 years since Italian defender Gennaro Gattuso in 2006, and taking the award for the youngest player in the tournament.

▲Fernandes currently plays for Benfica in the Portuguese Premier League. (Photo/CFP)

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