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Chelsea are close to finalising an agreement with Southampton for the transfer of Romeo Lavia, sources have confirmed to 90min . The Blues have a long-standing interest in the midfielder having tried to sign him last summer just weeks after he first joined the Saints from Manchester City. They continued to monitor Lavia throughout his debut Premier League season, with the teenager breaking into the Belgium senior side despite Southampton's relegation. Liverpool have seen three bids for Lavia rejected by Southampton this summer as they did not meet their £50m valuation, and the Merseysiders could now be beaten to his signature by Chelsea. READ MORE FROM 90MIN'S TALKING TRANSFERS TEAM feed 90min understands that a deal to take Lavia from St Mary's to Stamford Bridge worth £55m is close to being agreed, roughly 24 hours after Chelsea reignited their interest in the 19-year-old. Lavia has not made a com Pet itive appearance for Southampton this season due to intense specul...

Details in the plea agreement negotiated between attorneys for Hunter Biden and the DOJ shed fresh light on the deal they brokered before a judge rebuffed it Wednesday. With attorneys buzzing around him, Hunter Biden sat quietly at a desk Wednesday in the Wilmington, Delaware, federal courtroom -- hands folded, jaw locked -- where hours earlier he had entered in hope of putting his legal tribulations in the rearview mirror. It was the most consequential moment in a day filled with them: both sides frantically seeking to resurrect a painstakingly negotiated plea agree ment after a prosecutor declared "there is no deal" and Biden's lawyer could be heard saying to prosecutors, "Rip it up." Under questioning from the judge, fissures had emerged as a result of the two sides' interpretation of a key passage in the agree ment: Paragraph 15, which outlined in broad language the scope of Hunter Biden's immunity from additional criminal charges. MORE: 'Rip ...