Fernandez and his influencer wife Valentina Cervantes met in their homeland of Argentina and have two children together, a daughter born in March 2020 and a son who was born in October 2023.
Cervantes followed Fernandez to Benfica when he joined the Portuguese club in 2022, and then moved to London to join her partner when he signed for Chelsea in a deal worth £107m last January. But a little over 18 months on, the couple have decided to go their separate ways as reported by MailOnline.
Announcing the end of their relationship on Thursday, Cervantes wrote on Instagram: ‘With Enzo today we say distance from each other. But we will always be family and support each other through everything. Because there are two kids in the middle that need a lot of our love for them.
‘I know the person and excellent father Enzo is, and the heart he has. And that’s enough for me. They don’t want to create wars where there aren’t any.’
Cervantes’s statement indicates that it is an amicable split, while an Argentine journalist has provided more details on the break-up on X.
Julieta Argenta wrote: ‘He told her he wants to live life on his own. They’re still family, but he feels the need to experience the stage he skipped by choosing family early on.’
Fernandez’s big decision over his personal life comes amid a difficult period in his Chelsea career that has seen him dropped to the bench by Enzo Maresca in recent weeks.
The 23-year-old, who captained the Blues in the opening weeks of the season, has not started either of Chelsea’s last two league games, with Maresca preferring a midfield pairing of Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.
Fernandez was brought back into the starting XI for Chelsea’s trip to Newcastle on Wednesday, but his side were beaten 2-0 as they exited the Carabao Cup.
He now faces a battle to get back into Chelsea’s strongest XI after failing to live up to expectations since arriving in England. He currently has a modest return of just seven goals and six assists in 74 Chelsea appearances.
