Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez to start vs Fulham as work permit arrives

The Pride of London explain why Chelsea head coach Graham Potter should trust Enzo Fernandez by putting him straight into the Blues starting lineup on Friday night against rivals Fulham.

Everyone who’ll be at Stamford Bridge wants revenge as FFC visit: Chelsea, the players, the fans. Apart from the away end, of course. Cottagers supporters would like nothing more than to upset CFC once again. And, if that scenario becomes reality, they’d love to seal victory on Fulham Road after doing so at Craven Cottage as recently as January.

For any derby, especially in the Premier League, metal is required in midfield. That is an unquestionable fact. For this kind of meeting, new signing Enzo Fernandez is ideal: Argentine athletes are generally tough competitors on the whole, with a will to succeed and almost flatten the opposition in any way possible. Enter Enzo.

Some may say that English top-flight gameweek 22 comes too soon for someone coming from another part of Europe, who is from a separate continent altogether. But I say that the 22-year-old has the correct temperament and qualities to influence this outing even with minimal training sessions. At that young age, he has already achieved more than the majority of top footballers ever will. Onto the EPL!

Graham Potter likely to put Enzo Fernandez straight into Chelsea starting lineup

According to this report, Enzo is able to feature versus the Cottagers, if Potter does so desire. The news emerged following all of the pertinent documents supposedly arriving in time. In addition, The Times reporter Tom Roddy also claims that the World Cup winner has now received the work permit.

Roddy adds that the player is eligible to make his debut versus Fulham. There is the above tweet claiming all systems are go, as well.

Yet, arguably most importantly now that documentation is out of the way, is the story suggesting that the CFC boss won’t hesitate to begin using the San Martin-born man immediately. Express Sport actually reveal that the Englishman is willing to start his new midfielder vs Fulham.