Deal done at Stamford Bridge: Chelsea have pulled out the wallet again. Roméo Lavia comes over from Premier League relegation Southampton for a mega amount. The nineteen-year-old Belgian again signs a mega contract, he is fixed at Chelsea until the summer of 2030.
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Chelsea pays 68 million euros for Lavia, including bonuses. The Blues trump the also interested Liverpool. That also happened earlier this week with Moisés Caicedo. The nineteen-year-old Belgian only played a year at Southampton, which snatched him from Manchester City’s youth academy for fifteen million euros.
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino now has three midfielders who have collectively cost more than €300 million. The wealthy Londoners shattered the transfer record in the Premier League twice this year with the arrival of Enzo Fernández (121 million) and Caicedo (133 million).
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“I am very happy to be a Chelsea player and to be part of this impressive project,” a proud Lavia told the club’s website. The Blues. “This is a great club with a huge history so I can’t wait to get started. I hope to meet my teammates soon so we can create chemistry and achieve great things together.”
Introducing a new Blue! 🔵 pic.twitter.com/vdHynMOMti
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 18, 2023
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