After Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Leicester on Saturday, many people now understand why the Blues decided to buy Enzo Fernandez for a historic transfer fee in the winter transfer window of 2023.

Since coming to Stamford Bridge, the record-priced contract of 121 million euros integrates very quickly in the new team. Enzo Fernandez adds more steel to the midfield and is also an important link connecting defense and attack. He appears in every hot spot on the field, participating in the defense and ready to attack when the opportunity arises. Enzo’s way of playing the ball is like calculating moves in advance when he always reads the situation, thereby making passes to the best position for his teammates.

Before Leicester, Enzo owned 68/77 successful passes, touched the ball 93 times and had up to 5/7 accurate long passes, numbers that no other teammate could match.

Especially the assist phase for Kai Havertz to raise the score to 2-1 received a lot of praise from experts and the online community. It was a delicate, impromptu handling situation, but still very effective.

“Enzo is an outstanding player and very young,” Coach Potter praised his students in the post-match press conference. “ Enzo is playing better and better as he adapts quickly to the new league. His quality is shown by always finding a way to put the ball forward. That way of playing makes the whole team move forward and inspires each other to compete.”

The number of games for Chelsea is still not enough (6 in the Premier League and 2 in the Champions League), but Enzo soon showed the role of a boss in the middle of Chelsea. A bright future is clearly waiting for him ahead.

And yet, with Messi and Mbappe both leaving the Champions League early last week, Enzo is emerging as a potential candidate for the Golden Ball title, especially if his Chelsea go deep in the prestigious European tournament. green.