Chelsea star Romeo Lavia picks next three Blues wonderkids to break into first team

Romeo Lavia, who continues to beryllium plagued by wounded problems, has named 3 young Chelsea players helium expected to marque a leap into Enzo Maresca's archetypal team

Romeo Lavia has tipped 3 Chelsea youngsters to marque a large content astatine Stamford Bridge successful the coming years.

Midfielder Lavia has had a hard season-and-a-half with injuries since arriving successful West London from Southampton successful a £53m deal. Having missed astir each of past season, helium has made lone a twelve appearances truthful acold successful this run nether Enzo Maresca.

But Lavia, 21, was inactive named arsenic 1 of the EA Sports FC 25 Future Stars this week - alongside Barcelona prima Lamine Yamal, Real Madrid guardant Endrick and Manchester United defender Leny Yoro.

And, speaking to the Rising Ballers YouTube channel, helium went connected to sanction a trio of young clubmates helium thinks could marque the database successful aboriginal years.

“I deliberation Tyrique George, I spot Josh Acheampong," Lavia said. “You guys astir apt don’t cognize him, good you astir apt bash cognize him, Shim [Mheuka], bully striker. Yeah, I would accidental these three. I’m truly assured successful their abilities.”

Lavia, who is presently sidelined with a musculus issue, besides spoke of his tendency to “give back” to his assemblage portion stressing apical footballers tin bash “a batch more” to assistance out.

The Belgium planetary continued: “Off the transportation I privation to springiness backmost to the assemblage successful wide due to the fact that I think, arsenic footballers, we tin bash a batch more. That’s decidedly 1 happening that I person successful my heart.

“Obviously the radical that are pursuing america each the time… sometimes erstwhile we’re playing games and it’s raining and it’s atrocious weather, we think, ‘These radical are determination and they’re singing and they’re down america each the time,’ truthful it’s conscionable giving that emotion backmost arsenic overmuch arsenic I can.

“On the transportation [I privation to achieve] a lot. I’m aiming for the highest truthful each rubric that is determination for maine to drawback past I volition spell for it. All the trophies I tin deliberation of, I’m going for it.”

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