Romeo Lavia transfer latest after Liverpool had bid accepted by Southampton
Southampton director of football Jason Wilcox has confirmed that his club did accept a bid from Liverpool for midfielder Romeo Lavia.
The Reds look set to lose out to the Chelsea in the race for the 19-year-old Belgium international. Anfield chiefs originally put forward three bids to Southampton that were all below their £50m evaluation and all of which were rejected with haste.
Liverpool then produced a shock U-turn by approaching Brighton & Hove Albion for Moises Caicedo, who was a long-term target of Chelsea's. The Reds had a British transfer record £111m offer accepted by the Seagulls. However, Caicedo made it clear he wanted to move to Chelsea, who then agreed to pay £115m for his services.
Chelsea have now also taken control of negotiations for Lavia, who seems destined to move to Stamford Bridge, too. But Wilcox has admitted that the Saints, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, did accept a bid from Liverpool.
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Speaking at the BBC Solent Fans’ Forum event at St Mary’s this evening, Wilcox said (via HampshireLive): “I think you know, it's well known that we've had some significant interest in Romeo, we've had an offer which we accepted from Liverpool.
“Then Chelsea came to the table. So we're currently in negotiation with Chelsea now so it's a real tricky period for Romeo. But I'm confident that something will get done in the next week or so or in the next few days.
“And I think, you know, when we look at what Romeo's achieved here, I think every one of us here wouldn't want to lose him but the reality is, we're in the
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