Exclusive: Chelsea have “begun considering” unthinkable first team sale for £45m | OneFootball

Chelsea are about to face some of their most important games of the season, starting with a semi final on Thursday night and then a massive Premier League clash with Liverpool on Sunday, but they are also of course looking ahead to the summer transfer window.

Romeo Lavia on the trading block

There’s a lot of business to be done, and we’ve already written about much of it – the desire to bring in a new striker and a new centre back, to move on a lot of unwanted squad players and to find loans for some of the youngsters we want to develop.

But today we’ve heard a really shocking angle from one of our sources – the idea that Chelsea have “begun considering” selling or loaning Romeo Lavia this summer.

They would apparently consider a fee of £45m, a major loss on what was paid, or a loan with an option to buy. Two Premier League clubs are said to already have expressed interest.

The addition of Andrey Santos and Dario Essugo, and well as Kendry Paez as an Enzo Fernandez backup clearly has made them think they’ve got the depth they need without the injury prone Belgian.

Chelsea in no position to consider selling on loaning midfielder

Romeo Lavia arrives at Craven Cottage. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

There’s no denying his time at Chelsea has been a disaster so far – 9 league starts in 2 seasons could be nothing else. But we still don’t see any world where the club give up on him yet. If anything, the lack of action he’s had makes them more likely to hold on to him. If they give up now it locks in the signing as a failure, if they’re patient he may end up being a success.

As with Wesley Fofana, it would be better to hold on to your stocks while they’re at rock bottom, just to see if they go up, rather than bank a loss.