Two of the hottest properties in world football do battle on Wednesday night, when Enzo Fernandez and Jude Bellingham meet at Signal Iduna Park.
In the blue corner, Argentina World Cup winner Fernandez will be making his Champions League debut for Chelsea following his British record £106million move from Benfica last month.
While in the yellow corner, Bellingham will once again spearhead Borussia Dortmund’s midfield as he looks to further impress ahead of his own probable big summer transfer.
Fernandez and Bellingham could actually be lining up together next season, with Chelsea one of the clubs interested in signing the England star.
But on Wednesday night, they will go head to head, so how do they compare? Find out the verdict from Sportsmail‘s David Coverdale below…
Chelsea made £106million Enzo Fernandez the fifth-most expensive player ever in January
While Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham, 19, could move for an even larger fee this summer – and ahead of their meeting on Wednesday night, Sportsmail runs the rule over the star pair
EXPERIENCE
Bellingham is still a teenager but has already racked up an astonishing 161 senior appearances in club football. It is no wonder his Dortmund manager, Edin Terzic, describes him as ‘the oldest 19-year-old player in the world’.
He made his debut for Birmingham as a 16-year-old and played 44 games in his one full season with his boyhood club before moving to Germany.
For Dortmund, he has featured in 117 matches, including 23 in Europe, with all but two of those coming in the Champions League. Bellingham also has 22 England caps.
At 22, Fernandez is three years Bellingham’s senior but he has played fewer first-team games – 115 in total.
He made his River Plate debut aged 19 in the same 2019-20 season that Bellingham made his bow. Fernandez played 51 games for the Argentine side, and a further 33 matches on loan at Defensa y Justicia, before switching to Benfica last summer.
In his half a season in Portugal, he racked up 29 appearances, including nine in the Champions League. Fernandez, who has 10 caps for Argentina, signed for Chelsea last month and has featured in their last two games.
HEAD-TO-HEAD WINNER: BELLINGHAM
Bellingham is far more experienced than Fernandez after breaking through at Birmingham
HONOURS
Fernandez already has the greatest honour in football to his name after winning the World Cup with Argentina last year, scooping the award for the tournament’s best young player in…