According to Fabrizio Romano, Manager Jurgen Klopp personally wants to sign Southampton midfielder Romeo Lavia this summer.
Speaking on Born and Red’s YouTube channel, Romano shared an update on Liverpool’s summer business. The Mersyside club have already signed Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton and Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Liepzig this summer.
Jurgen Klopp is planning to re-shape his midfield before the start of the new season. Due to which Reds have offloaded the likes of James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Southampton man Romeo Lavia is one of the top-targets for Liverpool this summer. SkySports journalist Florian Plettenberg have claimed that talks for the Belgian is ongoing between both the parties.
And now transfer pundit Fabrizio Romano claims that Klopp has already approved the signing. Lavia is rated highly by people of Liverpool and Romano further stated :-
“The interest is very strong.
“We know how Liverpool works and you know better than me that they like to keep things quiet.
“They were not very happy when all the stories about Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai were in the media. They like to keep things quiet.
“But the interest is there, it’s very strong interest because the player is approved from both Jurgen Klopp’s side and also the technical side, the scouting department. All the people at the club believe this boy is a very special player but it is true that he is not the only one on the list.”
The 19-year-old enjoyed an impressive campaign last term in the Premier League. However, Southampton got relegated.
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