liam twomey: “I think ultimately Chelsea concluded it was a deal they had to do…

🎙 liam twomey: “I think ultimately Chelsea concluded it was a deal they had to do. You can’t have a situation like Enzo Fernandez’s hanging over in Xabi Alonso’s first season, you just can’t.
It was already a sideshow for the second half of last year, and Enzo Fernandez was too prominent at Chelsea to just be benched or have a reduced role, and you couldn’t necessarily be confident that he was going to be a good soldier if he stayed.”