“They are overspending on players": Danny Murphy hits out at Chelsea for 'overspending' on Enzo Fernandez

Chelsea broke the British-record transfer fee on deadline day to sign World Cup-winning Argentine Fernandez from Benfica for a fee of £107m.

Chelsea’s deal for Fernandez surpassed the huge £100m Manchester City payyed for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa in 2021.

Speaking on talkSPORT, Murphy insisted that Chelsea are “overpaying” for their signings and claimed a majority of them wouldn’t make the Manchester City XI.

The talkSPORT pundit also claimed that Manchester United midfielder Casemiro and City maestro Rodri are both better than Fernandez.

“I think they are overpaying for players and I still don’t think the majority of their first XI gets anywhere near City’s team,” Murphy said.

“Not really [impressed].”

He added: “I watched a few of his games live. He’s decent, but not worth £100m. They’ve been absolutely bent over there.

“He’s a good midfielder, tenacious, young, gets on the ball and is brave. But he’s not Rodri, not Casemiro.

“They are overspending on players and people are seeing them coming and they are taking their pants down.”