Arsenal’s interest in Southampton’s young talent Romeo Lavia remains strong, with the possibility of adding him to their squad before the closure of the current transfer window. Lavia, a talented Belgian midfielder, showcased his skills last season despite Southampton’s relegation struggles.
Lavia has emerged as one of Southampton’s most valuable players, attracting interest from several clubs eager to secure his services before the transfer window shuts. Arsenal is among the interested parties, but the stumbling block lies in Southampton’s valuation of the player, which stands between £45-50 million.
While Arsenal has made significant investments in players like Kai Havertz and soon Declan Rice, journalist Ryan Taylor suggests that they consider Lavia to be overpriced at his current value. The Gunners are hesitant to meet Southampton’s asking price, adding an element of uncertainty to the potential transfer.
He tells Give Me Sport:
“As for Lavia, from what I understand, Arsenal are reluctant to meet the £45million valuation set by Southampton. And at the same time, the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea and there has been talk of United but I don’t know much on United’s interest.
“But I definitely know that Chelsea and Liverpool are interested and what they’ve told the player representatives is that if the asking price is lower that they would be potentially ready to sort of formalise their interest.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
These clubs want us to pay a lot of money for their players as soon as they know how much we have spent on Havertz and Rice.
Lavia is a top talent and at 19, he has so much more to offer, so we might have to spend the cash or turn our attention to another target.
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This lad is obviously the real deal ,4 big teams in for him maybe more ,I’m not sure how we can say he’s overpriced when we spent 35 million on Veiria last season .
Every player is overpriced these days gone are the days when you could pick up a player for 500k and sell him for 21 million 12 months later .
Times change and inflation in footbal is no different to the real world .
It is said that Eskimo have money they buy ice.
It is well documented that Chelsea were unsuccessful with a £50 Mill bid for Lavia just before the last campaign.
Southampton did rejected the offer on deadline day, having only arrived in an initial £10,5 last July from the Citizens.
Think that rejection may have set a precedent, However, with the Saints dropping down to the championship, their hand may have weakened when it comes to their prize asset- Lavia is arguably their most valuable player.
Even if the part ways with a £50 mill bid, I expect their payment structure to be steep.
let arsenal just forget lavia n keep one of either xhaka or partey the experience n know how will helpus next season
Johnson
The ideal thing would be for Partey to stay, can see Partey, Havertz and Timber into a 4:2:3:1 formation , Partey and Rice in a double pivot and Havertz right behind Jesus
According to sky sports, Liverpool are in for him.
If we fail no get plain Rice (which I sincerely hope will happen), Lavia plus Partey would work miracles for our midfield. Not to mention saving 65M to pursue a big-name centre forward. Just another way to look at the 45M price tag for Lavia.