Overview
- Villarreal confirmed the Argentine's signing and placed him in Marcelino García Toral’s first-team setup for training.
- The club said his integration will be progressive as he completes rehabilitation from a December 2024 anterior cruciate ligament injury.
- Fernández left Vélez Sarsfield at the end of his contract after renewal talks collapsed, making the move as a free agent.
- In a public farewell, he accused directors Fabián Berlanga, Augusto Costa, Ricardo Alvarez and Sebastián Pait of mishandling negotiations.
- He departs after 48 official games and a role in Vélez’s 2024 Liga Profesional title, a departure portrayed as part of a wider pattern of academy exits.