Enzo Fernández is about to make a one-way trip across England.

Manchester City has reached a deal with Chelsea to sign the 25-year-old midfielder, The Athletic reported on Tuesday morning. Fernández has reportedly been given permission by Chelsea to undergo a medical, with his transfer costing Manchester City €125 million ($169 million) — which ties the Premier League transfer record that’s also held by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United to Liverpool in 2025).

Fernández originally joined Chelsea in January 2023 on a €106.8 million transfer fee ($125 million) from Benfica.

Fernández recently commenced his fifth season with Chelsea. Last season (2025-26), he logged a career-high 10 goals and four assists. He previously played one season with Benfica in Primeira Liga (2022-23), which was preceded by three seasons with River Plate in Liga Argentina (2018-19, 2021 and 2022).

Meanwhile, Fernández just wrapped up playing for Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, knocking through two scores over seven contests in the tournament. Fernández also played for Argentina in its 2022 World Cup triumph. On the Argentina front, superstar striker Lionel Messi announced his retirement from the national team on Monday.

Both Manchester City and Chelsea are 2-0-0 in the 2026-27 Premier League season. Man. City will host Chelsea on Dec. 12 and play them on the road on April 24.

Britain’s Arthur Fery admitted he still has plenty to work on after his US Open debut was cut short.

Fery’s hopes of making a splash in New York were ended in the first round after a straight-sets defeat by Lorenzo Musetti.

The 24-year-old had been riding on the crest of a wave since his historic run to the Wimbledon semi-finals as a wildcard earlier this summer.

He reached his first ATP final in North Carolina last week and arrived at Flushing Meadows with high hopes of another deep run at a grand slam.

But he ran aground against Italian 13th seed Musetti in a 6-3 6-3 7-5 loss on Grandstand Stadium.

It was a comprehensive defeat, but a useful gauge for Fery who has risen from outside the top 200 a year ago to number 33 in the world.

“I know what I have to work on,” he said. “I got a lot of ideas coming straight off the court of what I have to work on to do better.

“My serve really let me down today, which is not usually the case, but I’ve been struggling a little bit to find my rhythm on the serve.

“Today was particularly a struggle, but definitely playing guys at that level, it’s tough and the margins are small.”

Fery, now the British number one, was close to being seeded at Flushing Meadows, meaning he would have avoided a player of Musetti’s class in the early stages

He was matching Musetti blow for blow until a sloppy service game, topped by two double faults, cost him the opening set.

Fery pulled off some memorable comebacks on his historic Wimbledon run and he had chances to embark on another one.

At 4-2 behind in the second set he squandered four break points, throwing his arms up in frustration after the last of them dropped into the net.

Fery did secure a first break of the match at the start of the third set when the usually immaculate Musetti backhand floated long.

When Musetti immediately brought up two break-back points, Fery saved the first with a superb forehand winner but then sent a backhand millimetres wide of the line.

He showed his resilience by saving two match points, but when Musetti thundered down an unreturnable serve on the third, Fery’s short journey was over.

He admitted he was under-prepared due to his run to the Winston-Salem Open final last week, but said he would not have done things differently.

“The grand slams are the biggest tournaments and everyone has their eye on them.” he added.

“At the same time, would I sign for these past two weeks? Probably, to be honest.

“It’s a lot of ranking points, it’s a first ATP final, so it’s good. Even though it meant that my preparation for the US Open was not great.”

Lhuan-Dre Pretorius bettered his previous T20I top score of 51.© AFP via Getty Images

The rosters are set. The hour-long TV special is over. And the Presidents Cup has taken shape.

U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker had six automatic picks and six to make on his own for September’s meeting at Medinah. A few of those seemed obvious — but the bottom of the roster seemed like a massive question mark. Here are three surprises about the way Snedeker chose to fill it.

1. The Bridge Man cometh

At the beginning of the 2026 season, Jacob Bridgeman seemed like a no-brainer pick for the U.S. side. His first eight starts of the year yielded seven top 20s, three top-fives and a statement win at the Genesis Invitational.

But after that? Bridgeman’s golf remained remarkably consistent, but it dropped a tick. His T13s became T33s. He logged just one top-20 finish in his next 13 starts. Granted, Bridgeman missed just one cut in that stretch, but by the time the playoffs rolled around, he was at the edge of the conversation.

It’ll be interesting to hear just how much Bridgeman’s case changed with his playoff performance, then. His ninth-place finish at the BMW Championship and his T4 at the Tour Championship provided an impressive bookend to his breakout year.

It also doesn’t hurt that he’s statistically the best putter on the PGA Tour.

2. An American in Europe

After his solo third-place finish at the Tour Championship, Ryan Gerard got on a red-eye flight to Europe for this week’s Omega European Masters, where he’s the betting favorite. Why play there? In part, he said, to prep for a potential Presidents Cup pick.

“Full transparency, if I get a Presidents Cup spot, I’d love to kind of roll into there being a little bit more prepared,” Gerard said. “I like to play a lot of golf. And if I don’t, I’ll probably just stay over there and play Wentworth and the France Open after that.”

On Tuesday, Gerard earned the unfortunate (and unofficial) honor of first man out when Snedeker left his name unsaid. Gerard was among the hottest players on the U.S. side, entering with five top-10s in his last 11 starts — but it wasn’t enough to leapfrog veteran presences like Justin Thomas or Patrick Cantlay.

Based on his comments from Sunday, it sounds like Gerard will extend his fall Eurotrip; that’ll mean a few more chances to show the U.S. side what they’re missing out on.

3. The Rookie

Jackson Koivun has made just six starts as a pro. The third of those starts was a statement win at the 3M Open, where he fended off World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and validated the hype that had followed him throughout his time as Auburn’s superstar.

Koivun snuck into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, too — a particularly impressive accomplishment given his limited starts.

But a solid, if unremarkable finish to his PGA Tour season — T31 in Detroit, T29 in Greensboro, T24 in Memphis — left his Presidents Cup future up in the air. Would a U.S. team-golf outfit known for playing it safe really roll the dice on an unproven 21-year-old?

Yes.

Snedeker seemed slightly gleeful to announce Koivun with the final pick of the session, knowing he’d saved the biggest, boldest move for last. The move echoed the European Ryder Cup selection of Ludvig Aberg in 2023, when he was a recent college grad.

Koivun will be the youngest player at Medinah, by far. He’ll also be among the most talented.

Game on.

HoYoverse has been releasing new Honkai Star Rail updates on time, except for some occasional hiccups. However, the fandom is not very content with this direction and is finally losing patience. Over the years, the overall quality of the title has been going down bit by bit, including mediocre story missions, power creep, and more.

While Honkai Star Rail has the potential to be an exceptional gacha title, the devs are holding it back. Read on as we further discuss this matter.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the author’s opinions.

Honkai Star Rail fandom is not happy about the title going downhill

If you have been playing Honkai Star Rail since launch, you’ll know the game isn’t the same as it used to be. In earlier patches, the story actually mattered and was engaging. Although some bits and pieces were a little depressing, players looked forward to the update’s story missions. The Penacony Arc was the best storyline released by HoYoverse. Compared to the aforementioned Arc, the Amphoreus Arc was a little boring, as each update featured long quests.

However, the story missions were still engaging, especially the version 3.4 quest, which was probably the best of all 3.x updates. With version 3.8’s release, everything started going downhill and didn’t stop, even after HSR 4.0’s release. Although the aforementioned update was delayed by two weeks, Planarcadia’s story is exceptionally mediocre.

Besides mediocre story quests, the lack of events in Honkai Star Rail has played a huge role in the title going downhill. After the update’s release, you will get access to the patch’s flagship event, which requires a couple of hours to complete. When you are done, there’s nothing to do until the second half starts. When it does, the phase two event is also not very engaging and can be completed in mere hours. This means during the majority of the update, all players have nothing to do except Daily Training.

On top of that, the powercreep in all endgame activities is worth noting. Most of the bosses have an exceptionally large HP pool, forcing everyone to pull all the meta-defining characters. Most of the recent 5-star units require other premium characters to unleash their full potential, such as Silver Wolf LV999 and Sparxie. Since casual/free-to-play players won’t have an endless supply of Stellar Jade, it’s exceptionally hard for them to pull these characters, which prevents them from fully clearing the endgame modes.

Going back to the topic of endgame activities, the devs have been increasing all bosses’ HP to make the mode challenging. However, it’s not very enjoyable, as you’ll just spend a bit more time clearing that particular stage.

Since Honkai Star Rail is a gacha title, its main revenue source is the Warp banners. While overall banner sales have been somewhat stable, Himeko Nova didn’t do well, considering the Warp event lasted the whole patch. As mentioned, Phainon is a version 3.4 character. His Warp event only lasted for 3 weeks. As you can see in the picture above, Himeko Nova only generated roughly $25 million, while Phainon’s banner garnered almost $44 million. These amounts are estimates from Sensor Tower, a legitimate source for app revenue data.

Besides that, many players are also fed up with SPs becoming more and more common in Honkai Star Rail. This somewhat kills the excitement of an upcoming patch, as a version of that particular unit already exists in the game.

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