Reports | Chelsea make £55 million loan to buy offer for Gedson Fernandes

However, Sky Sports has further reported that the obligation is dependent on Fernandes playing atleast 50% of his games during his loan spell.  West Ham have submitted a similar offer for the 20-year-old but their percentage of games that would trigger the permanent move is a lot less than Chelsea’s and the final decision rests on Fernandes’s shoulders himself.

There are other suitors for Fernandes but Sky Sports and other sources have reported that the Portuguese starlet prefers a move to England for family reasons. The midfielder does have a £102 million release clause to his name but Benfica have already accepted that they will not get close to that figure. Furthermore, with the club having signed Julian Weigl, they are looking to offload Fernandes with the 20-year-old out of favour after his fall out with coach Bruno Lage.