Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink hails Enzo Fernandez and charges Chelsea’s probability of beating Real Madrid in Champions League

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By Martin Graham | twenty first Mar 2023

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has heaped reward on ‘promising and exciting’ Enzo Fernandez and shared his ideas on Chelsea’s possibilities of beating Real Madrid within the Champions League.

Chelsea spent a decent £100m to signal Argentina World Cup winner Fernandez from Benfica through the January switch window.

Hasselbaink – who performed at Stamford Bridge for 4 years throughout his enjoying profession – expects Fernandez to dwell as much as expectations for Chelsea over the following few years.

Hasselbaink praises Fernandez

“Enzo Fernandez is very exciting,” he instructed The Hindustan Instances.

“He’s a young player but he’s very aggressive and technically very good as well.”

“What I like, as an ex-striker, is he’s at all times seeking to play ahead. I imagine he’s going to be an enormous participant, an enormous star for Chelsea.’

By their very own requirements, Chelsea have endured a poor season beneath Graham Potter however seem to have turned a nook in current weeks, having gained three video games in a row earlier than Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Everton.

That run of kind included a Champions League last-16 victory over Borussia Dortmund, with the Blues now set to face trophy holders Real Madrid within the quarters.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid claimed a record-extending 14th Champions League title final season and outclassed Chelsea’s Premier League rivals Liverpool within the earlier spherical.

“If you want to win the Champions League, you have to beat the best,’ Hasselbaink, 50, said when asked to rate Chelsea’s chances.”

‘It’s not going to be a simple sport, however it's important to imagine. Now we have performed it prior to now and there’s no purpose why we are able to’t do it once more.”

Hasselbaink additionally tried to justify Todd Boehly’s intentions at Stamford Bridge. Since shopping for Chelsea final yr, the American businessman has spent nearly £600m on new signings and has usually confronted criticism for his ‘erratic’ purchases.

“We all know how the previous ownership was working. The turnover in managers was a lot more frequent,” Hasselbaink added.

“I think these owners, they want a project. They want young players, they believe in young players, and they want a manager who is going to believe that with them.”

“Graham Potter has come in and he’s had lots of issues to deal with. The results have been up and down. But I still think it is a project.”

“The new American owners want to see continuity. So that is, in a way, refreshing, and refreshing for football as well.”

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