How Man City are making sense of Enzo Fernandez's £125m transfer from Chelsea

[p]The club also view the signing as a major show of faith in boss Enzo Maresca, who succeeded Pep Guardiola and immediately made [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-enzo/nZnbEVWP/"]Fernandez[/a] one of his priority targets for the squad.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] chiefs promised to pursue a deal if it proved possible, and on Deadline Day they have finally made their move to agree a transfer for the Argentina international.[/p][infobox id="c5ce5f5a-ccb6-468f-9fce-bb4a330c372a" /][p][b]His arrival is the final significant part of City's squad rebuild and is made possible by other club business that has opened up.[/b][/p][p]Most attention will surround the outlay, particularly after they purchased fellow midfielders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anderson-elliott/KdYCbsbE/"]Elliot Anderson[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a] for £116m and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouaddi-ayyoub/dpoNasPg/"]Ayyoub Bouaddi[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a] for £86m.[/p][embed guid="326a6540-23d4-4ff6-8031-03f5da507fc6" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2094814268042453369" social-type="twitter" /][p]They have also signed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/allan-elias/UPBZMngB/"]Allan Elias[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/palmeiras/hMn9FTbH/"]Palmeiras[/a] for £34m, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monga-jeremy/p2okHBqE/"]Jeremy Monga[/a] arrived from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leicester/KrrdAMyI/"]Leicester City[/a] for £10m and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/charles-pierce/0bqig2i7/"]Pierce Charles[/a] moved from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-wed/llcCvIcG/"]Sheffield Wednesday[/a] for £3m. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rulli-geronimo/rcbM0Dd8/"]Geronimo Rulli[/a] joined from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a] for £1.7m, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/detourbet-mathys/OQkSIBiQ/"]Mathys Detourbet[/a] arrived from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/troyes/fsfAHubD/"]Troyes[/a] for an undisclosed fee - believed to be in the region of £21m.[/p][p]There is no doubting that it is a huge amount of spending, but the rest of their summer business shows how it is possible. [/p][p][b]City have also generated significant revenue through player sales. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/savinho/faynRsvT/"]Savinho[/a] joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] for £85m, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marmoush-omar/44pYRYIC/"]Omar Marmoush[/a] also moved to the North London club on a season-long loan, but with an obligation of at least £50million.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a] moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] for £65.4m, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reijnders-tijani/f17EnPl3/"]Tijjani Reijnders[/a] joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-qadsiah/tvQZtrTd/"]Al Qadsiah[/a] for £51m, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gonzalez-nicolas/ID3evg0L/"]Nico Gonzalez[/a] moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] for £50m, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trafford-james/ET616yZQ/"]James Trafford[/a] joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] for £40m.[/p][image alt="Enzo Fernandez's PL stats last season" id="ef428972-793c-4504-bff0-825808adaf8e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="459dbac7-0492-47a8-adbc-c236bc42c923" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ake-nathan/6LBvaQoh/"]Nathan Ake[/a] has also left for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a] for £8.5m, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heskey-reigan/2VJaYI6f/"]Reigan Heskey[/a] joined Cologne for £6m and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kabore-issa/xOoNh0S7/"]Issa Kabore[/a] moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a] for £2m. [/p][p]Based on those figures, City are satisfied that the money generated from player sales has helped make a deal for Fernandez both possible and financially reasonable.[/p][p]They also know their new boss is delighted to have a player on board who he believes can help keep them in contention for every trophy this season. [/p][infobox id="f961102e-920a-4281-b5f2-f996852544cf" /]