Chelsea confirm huge punishment for Enzo Fernandez over Real Madrid comments | OneFootball

Blues vice-captain has made little secret of his wish to play for Real Madrid

He then, with an interview on Twitch, confirmed that Madrid would be his ideal place to live if he were to leave London.

“We think a line was crossed. It's not ideal. A lot of it stemmed from a really difficult ten days, probably the most difficult ten days of my career.”

He added: “As a person and player, I have the utmost respect for Enzo Fernandez.

“It was a joint decision. And saying that, the door is not closed on Enzo. You have to protect that culture. And in terms of that, a line was crossed in the international break.”

Marc Cucurella is another to have caused controversy during the international break, hitting out at the club over the sacking of Enzo Maresca and suggesting that the club’s youth-centric transfer policy is negatively affecting their trophy chances.

Rosenior continued: “I had a productive conversation with Marc yesterday, 30 minutes in my office. My disappointment in Marc's interview is where it went to. I think he should have come and spoken to us first.

“Why I was in a meeting with him for half an hour was to remind him, 'You can come to me, you can speak to me'.

“That's a separate case and Marc is available and will be involved tomorrow.”