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Chelsea have completed the transfer of Romeo Lavia from Southampton for £53 million in a 7-year contract.

Some sources from Chelsea stated that in addition to the price of 53 million pounds that Chelsea paid for the 19-year-old midfielder, they will pay him some allowances of 5 million euros.

Belgian Lavia, who played 34 games for Southampton last season, is seen as a brave man who prevented his team from falling to the elite group in the English Premier League.

In his speech after completing the signing of the contract, Lavia made the price of his purchase by Chelsea and noted that it is his dream to play in one of the major teams of the Premier League.

Before Chelsea, it was Liverpool who courted the young midfielder who submitted an offer of 46 million euros, but Southampton rejected the offer.

This Chelsea transaction is the second time in a week that the team has taken away the player that Liverpool is attacking after Moises Caicedo from Brighton for 100 million pounds, which the Reds also asked to buy from the beginning of the transfer market. the issue that seems to increase the tension between the two groups.