Chelsea sign Romeo Lavia from Southampton for £58m

Chelsea have completed the signing of midfielder Romeo Lavia from Southampton in a deal worth £58 million.

The deal is worth an initial £53 million plus £5 million in add-ons with the 19-year-old midfielder signing a seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge.

The transfer means Chelsea’s first-choice midfield this season will likely be comprised of Lavia, Enzo Fernandez, and Moises Caicedo – a unit already being dubbed the ‘LFC midfield’ by Chelsea fans in the wake of Liverpool’s failed attempts to sign both Lavia and Caicdeo this summer.

On completing his move to Chelsea, Lavia said: “I’m really happy join Chelsea and be a part of this exciting project. It’s an amazing football club with a great history and I’m really excited to get started.

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“I can’t wait to meet all my new team-mates and build a chemistry together to achieve great things together.”

Chelsea co-sporting directors, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Romeo to Chelsea. He demonstrated his quality in the Premier League last season at Southampton, showing maturity despite his young age, and is a player we have monitored for some time.

“We believe he is ready to make an impact at Chelsea throughout the current campaign, and in the coming years.”

Lavia started his career with Anderlecht in his native Belgium and spent eight years with the club before joining Manchester City at the age of 16.

The Star