Chelsea and Liverpool have been battling it out for the Belgian.
The Reds saw a number of bids rejected for the Belgium international but appeared to have finally got their man when the Saints reportedly accepted a bid worth £60m.
However, the 19-year-old was aware of interest from Chelsea after the Blues also had a bid rejected and made it clear that he preferred a move to Stamford Bridge over a switch to Anfield.report that Chelsea have now had an offer accepted, which will see an initial £53m paid, with potentially another £5m coming in add-ons.
Southampton only signed Lavia from Manchester City last year in a deal worth an initial £10.5m with possible add-ons taking it up to £14m. The Championship side are making a huge profit on the midfielder, but some of it will be paid back to the Premier League champions as Manchester City have a 20 per cent sell-on clause in his contract, worth over £10m in this deal.
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