Manchester United and Chelsea usually are not going to make it straightforward for Liverpool so as to add one other high quality midfielder to their squad this summer season.
That’s in line with a current report from the Daily Mail, who claims Jurgen Klopp’s Reds face competitors from two of their greatest Premier League rivals, in addition to one overseas membership, for the signature of Southampton’s Romeo Lavia.
Liverpool, after dropping Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Naby Keitha and James Milner, have understandably been wanting to rebuild their midfield. Already signing Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton and Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig, subsequent on the checklist for the 2019-20-league winners is 19-year-old Lavia.
Regardless of The Saints being relegated to the Championship, their gifted younger quantity 45, who loved a extremely spectacular particular person breakthrough season, has drawn some high-profile reward.
Talking in an unique interview earlier within the 12 months about Chelsea’s curiosity in Lavia, British agent Haydn Dodge, mentioned: “One of many gamers on the prime of their checklist [Chelsea’s] to herald, in January can be Southampton’s Romeo Lavia, who, for my part, is a celebrity within the making and Belgium’s future captain.”
And now, in line with these newest reviews, though Chelsea might have had a long-standing curiosity within the Belgium worldwide, Liverpool are more likely to be the saga’s frontrunners.
Nevertheless, whereas Erik Ten Hag considers going after Fiorentina’s Sofyan Amrabat, there aren’t any ensures the Pink Devils gained’t look to rival their fierce rivals for Southampton’s £32 million-valued midfielder.
