Belgian international footballer Roméo Lavia, who represented Southampton, joins Chelsea, with the 19-year-old midfielder signing a seven-year deal, the English club reported on its official website on Friday.
“I am delighted to join Chelsea and be part of this exciting project. It’s a fantastic football club, with a great history and I really want to start,” said the midfielder, quoted by the club.
Lavia arrives at Chelsea after a season at Southampton, participating in 34 games and scoring one goal, and with whom he had a contract until 2027, but ended up leaving now, due to the interest of the ‘blues’ and the relegation of the selection. Saints for the Championship, the second step.
Although neither club has revealed the amounts involved in the transfer, the British press assures that the Londoners will pay a fixed 62 million euros for the midfielder, in an operation that also includes 5 million euros in variables.
In England, Lavia started in the Manchester City academy, under-21 and under-23 teams, until reaching the main team in 2021/22, when he was called up for two games in the first games of the FA Cup and the Cup of the English League. .
The midfielder, who started at Anderlecht, made his Belgium senior debut in March, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Kevin de Bruyne in a friendly away to Germany, which the Belgians won 3-2.
Source: TSF
