CHELSEA fans have aimed a sly dig at Liverpool with their new nickname for their midfield.
The Blues completed the signing of Southampton midfielder Romeo Lavia today for a £58million fee – fending off interest from the Merseyside club.
GettyChelsea fans have trolled Liverpool fans after beating them in the race to signing Romeo Lavia[/caption]
GettyThe Reds were already pipped to the signing of Moises Caicedo by Chelsea[/caption]
Liverpool had seen Lavia, 19, as their primary target if they could not secure a deal for Moises Caicedo, who also opted to join Chelsea in a £115m deal this week.
The developing transfer rivalry between the two clubs has seen the two fan bases take turns to troll each other on Twitter over which club has more “pull”.
And Chelsea fans have sought to rub the signings of Lavia and Caicedo in the faces of the Reds by nicknaming their midfield “LFC”.
A fan on Twitter quote tweeted a picture of Chelsea’s new look midfield three and wrote: “Yeah we’re calling this the LFC (Lavia, Fernandez, Caicedo) midfield.”
The signings of Lavia and and Caicedo take Chelsea’s transfer spending this window to £349.9m, the most of any team in the league.
The Blues looked set to add to that after triggering Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise’s £35m release clause.
But Olise, 21, opted to extend his contract at Selhurst Park yesterday in a remarkable U-turn.
Chelsea have also been active as a selling club this window with Mason Mount and Kai Havertz leaving to Premier League rivals and a number of players leaving to the Serie A and Saudi Arabia.
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Liverpool have turned their attention to Stuttgart midfielder Wataru Endo as they look to reinforce their defensive midfield position after missing out on Caicedo and Lavia.
Fabrizio Romano reports that Liverpool have agreed a £15.5m fee for the 30-year-old and a deal to sign the midfielder is now close.
The Reds are desperate to reinforce their midfield after losing both Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to Saudi sides this summer.
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GettyEnzo Fernandez completes the ‘LFC’ midfield[/caption]