{"id":523583,"date":"2023-08-15T13:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=523583"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:30:03","slug":"sources-seven-year-deal-agreed-as-chelsea-finalise-55m-romeo-lavia-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-seven-year-deal-agreed-as-chelsea-finalise-55m-romeo-lavia-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Seven-year deal agreed as Chelsea finalise \u00a355m Romeo Lavia move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea are set to sign Romeo Lavia in deal worth \u00a355 million, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal will be worth 50m + 5m in add ons, with a contract agreed until 2030 (seven years) already agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also believed that there is an option on the deal also for an extra year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 &#039;Dream SIGNING&#039; - Tottenham now advance on landing Kane replacement after &#039;MASSIVE&#039; news\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eekFP-zrO5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea have offered around \u00a355m for Lavia, who has been the subject of three failed bids from Liverpool worth up to \u00a348m, despite also completing a British-record deal for Moises Caicedo in a deal worth up to \u00a3115m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final terms of the deal were being negotiated after they agreed to improve on\u00a0Liverpool\u2019s \u00a3111m offer that was accepted by\u00a0Brighton\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caicedo informed Liverpool on Friday that he wanted to join Chelsea, which opened the door again for the London club to renegotiate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blues entered the bidding war for Lavia with Liverpool in recent days \u2013 with Southampton turning down a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12937009\/romeo-lavia-chelsea-make-48m-offer-for-southampton-midfielder-amid-liverpool-interest#:~:text=Chelsea%20have%20made%20a%20%C2%A3,between%20the%20clubs%20could%20continue.\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u00a348million offer for their star man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed the south coast club were standing firm on their \u00a350million valuation of Lavia despite their relegation to the Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavia didn\u2019t feature in the Saints\u2019 opening day win over Sheffield Wednesday last week (4 August) or in their recent match against Norwich on Saturday (11 August).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"Southampton\" class=\"wp-image-470801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1439529334.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Man City will be entitled to 20% of any fee received for his services and hold a \u00a340m buy-back option which becomes active next summer (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavia, whose contract at Southampton runs until June 2027, turned out 34 times across all competitions last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-chelsea-finalise-stunning-200m-triple-deal-as-michael-olise-to-agrees-terms\/\"> Chelsea finalise stunning \u00a3200m+ triple deal as Michael Olise to agrees terms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are set to sign Romeo Lavia in deal worth \u00a355 million, sources have told Football Insider. 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