Manchester United and Chelsea are not going to make it easy for Liverpool to add another quality midfielder to their squad this summer.
That’s according to a recent report from the Daily Mail, who claims Jurgen Klopp’s Reds face competition from two of their biggest Premier League rivals, as well as one foreign club, for the signature of Southampton’s Romeo Lavia.
Liverpool, after losing Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Naby Keitha and James Milner, have understandably been eager to rebuild their midfield. Already signing Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton and Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig, next on the list for the 2019-20-league winners is 19-year-old Lavia.
Despite The Saints being relegated to the Championship, their talented young number 45, who enjoyed a highly impressive individual breakthrough season, has drawn some high-profile praise.
Speaking in an exclusive interview earlier in the year about Chelsea’s interest in Lavia, British agent Haydn Dodge, said: “One of the players at the top of their list [Chelsea’s] to bring in, in January will be Southampton’s Romeo Lavia, who, in my opinion, is a superstar in the making and Belgium’s future captain.”
And now, according to these latest reports, although Chelsea may have had a long-standing interest in the Belgium international, Liverpool are likely to be the saga’s frontrunners.
However, while Erik Ten Hag considers going after Fiorentina’s Sofyan Amrabat, there are no guarantees the Red Devils won’t look to rival their fierce rivals for Southampton’s £32 million-valued midfielder.
Should come to Chelsea would be a good addition to a young squad that will dominate the premier League.
if he wants trophies join man utd with rashford garnacho mainoo sancho be cood signing
from what i have watched from the lad me think he is a better choice to amrabat more over he is a box to box player one thing united lacks except fred but not fantastic with the ball. bring him in, to gain possession
How true is this when they can’t even get Southampton’s valuation right, they are asking £50 million so doubt springs to mind
Southampton want £50m. But he is rated £32 by TransfeMarkt
It’s like you guys like to conjure up rival names to the rumors more interesting. It’s only Liverpool that has come out with a bid,stop this junk journalism now!
I hope liverpool loose the race to sign him had all summer to get it done serves them right .