Ladies and gents, allow me to introduce the spectacle of Mr Emmanuel Fernandez, a spry 23-year-old lad hailing none other than England, birthed on the 20th of November 2001. He, gracing the football field in the guise of a defender, has apparently turned heads clocking in at a sizeable 6ft 4in (1.94m) and tipping the scales at 13st 3lb (84kg).
Young Fernandez dons the number 37 jersey - a prime number, you might notice, for a prime talent. One hardly so distinguished, one might argue, when considering his current market value of roughly £1.5m, as so kindly noted by Transfermarkt. An unusual jaunt in the football world, isn't it?
Fernandez took his initial steps in this footballing odyssey in July 2021 at the quaint, pastoral humdrum of Ramsgate in England's Lower Leagues. A leap of faith took him to the bustling metropolis of Peterborough United in League One. In his debut season of 2021-2022, our protagonist amassed a staggering record of one appearance. What brilliance!
Surprise, surprise. Come March 2023, and the enigma that is Mr Fernandez found himself loaned to the modest environs of Barnet in League Two. But fret not, for as the summer days of June 2023 dawned, our wandering prince dutifully scampered back to Peterborough United, marking his return with another stunning one-appearance extravaganza for the season.
Fast forward to the summer of 2025, and by some yet unexplained occurrence, Fernandez was beamed up from humble Peterborough to the grand stage ala Rangers in our beloved Premiership, all for an undisclosed fee. His current season's score stands mighty with two appearances. Two, ladies and gents, two!
And let us not overlook his ballad in the League Cup 2025-2026, wherein he scored an astonishing goal within a solitary start. Truly the stuff of legends, this one.
