Enzo Fernandez has undergone surgery and will miss the remainder of Chelsea’s season.
The Premier League club posted an injury update on social
media Friday saying the 23-year-old midfielder “has undergone successful
surgery on a groin issue and will now begin a period of rehabilitation.”
The Argentina international is expected to be available for
the Copa America staged in the United States in June and July.
Fernandez played 67 minutes of Chelsea’s 5-0 loss against
Arsenal on Tuesday.
Fernandez became Britain’s most expensive player when
joining Chelsea from Benfica for 106.7 million pounds ($131.4 million) last
year.
But the 2022 World Cup winner has not yet been able to bring
success to the London club, which has endured another disappointing season
under the ownership of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
Despite spending more than $1 billion on transfers since
buying Chelsea in 2022, the club, which won a full set of major trophies under
former own Roman Abramovich, has gone into rapid decline.
The loss to Arsenal was Chelsea’s 11th of the
season and delivered another blow to manager Mauricio Pochettino’s hopes of
qualifying for Europe.
Fernandez was one of Argentina’s star performers at the last
World Cup and was named the tournament’s best young player.
Argentina is aiming to win back-to-back Copa America titles
having triumphed in the last edition of the tournament in 2021. AP
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