Chelsea: Enzo Fernandez issues surprise injury update as Enzo Maresca reveals Pedro Neto latest

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·8 November 2025

Chelsea: Enzo Fernandez issues surprise injury update as Enzo Maresca reveals Pedro Neto latest

Argentine put in a star showing at Stamford Bridge

Enzo Fernandez has ruled himself out of international duty with Argentina this month after asking to be substituted for Chelsea due to a knee injury.

In what is potentially a fresh injury blow for the Blues, Fernandez asked to be substituted late on and was duly replaced by Andrey Santos in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Wolves in which Fernandez was awarded the Premier League’s official man of the match award.

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Speaking after the game, he admitted he had been dealing with a “problem with my knee in the last four months”.

Argentina had only one game scheduled for this month: a friendly against Angola on November 14. But the midfielder has now ruled him out and is expected to be assessed at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground.

“I will not be available with Argentina,” Fernandez said. “I was just talking to the medical team because I had a problem with my knee in the last 4 months.

“I came with a bone edema that got worse in the last weeks and months because we played a lot of games.

“I think the most important thing is coming to the end of the season and I think it's good to make this decision together. Always respecting the doctors and everything.”

Blues boss Enzo Maresca also revealed that Pedro Neto, the scorer of Chelsea’s third goal, had asked to be replaced. He had been a doubt heading into the game but passed a late fitness check and started against his former club. He was replaced late on by winger Jamie Gittens.

Maresca was asked about a knock Moises Caicedo suffered in the first half and said: “Yeah, he was okay. It was just a kick in the first half in his knee.

“But he finished the game. I asked him after the game and he was okay.

“Pedro Neto and Enzo both asked for a change. Pedro for the groin problem, Enzo for the knee. We need to see how they are now.”