Rumour Has It: Chelsea lodged £50m deadline day Romeo Lavia bid only two months after leaving Manchester City

The
Blues
also
signed
Wesley
Fofana
and
Denis
Zakaria
over
the
past
week
after
losing
several
key
players.

Chelsea
have
started
the
new
Premier
League
season
with
mixed
results,
with
Saturday’s
2-1
win
over
West
Ham
improving
their
record
to
10
points
from
six
games.

TOP
STORY
–
CHELSEA
LODGED
AUDACIOUS
DEADLINE
DAY
LAVIA
BID

Chelsea
tried
to
sign
Belgium
youth
international

Romeo
Lavia
from
Southampton
on
deadline
day
less
than
two
months
after
he
joined
the
Saints
from
Manchester
City,
reports
the
Daily
Echo.

The
Blues
were
one
of
the
big
spenders
late
in
the
transfer
window,
and
submitted
a
£50million
proposal
for
the
18-year-old
midfielder.

Southampton
rejected
the
proposal
having
signed
Lavia
from
City
for
£12m
in
July.
City
retain
a
buy-back
clause
for
Lavia
who
has
played
five
times
for
Southampton
this
season.

ROUND-UP

–
El
Nacional
reports

Arsenal
attempted
to
sign
Barcelona’s

Ferran
Torres
with
an
audacious
€30m
bid
before
the
close
of
the
transfer
window
on
Thursday.
The
Spaniard
joined
Barca
from
Manchester
City
in
January
but
has
not
been
a
regular
starter
and
the
Gunners
tried
to
convince
the
Catalans
to
let
him
go.

–

Tottenham
tried
to
sign
Ukrainian
midfielder

Ruslan
Malinovskyi
from
Atalanta
but
the
Serie
A
club
refused
to
sell
him,
claims
Fabrizio
Romano.
Spurs
may
re-open
the
situation
in
January.

–

Besiktas
are
in
discussions
with
Sassuolo’s
Turkey
international
centre-back

Kaan
Ayhan
about
a
move
to
Turkey
according
to
Ajansspor.
The
Turkish
transfer
window
is
open
until
September
8.

–
L’Equipe
claims
that
former
Everton
and
Lille
full-back

Djibril
Sidibe
will
join
Greek
club

AEK
Athens
,
having
left
Monaco
when
his
contract
expired
at
the
end
of
last
season.