Southampton’s director of football Jason Wilcox has given an update on Romeo Lavia’s transfer to Chelsea.

Speaking at the BBC Solent Fans’ Forum event at St Mary’s on Tuesday evening, Wilcox said: “I think you know, it’s well known that we’ve had some significant interest in Romeo, we’ve had an offer which we accepted from Liverpool.

“Then Chelsea came to the table. So we’re currently in negotiation with Chelsea now so it’s a real tricky period for Romeo. But I’m confident that something will get done in the next week or so or in the next few days.

“And I think, you know, when we look at what Romeo’s achieved here, I think every one of us here wouldn’t want to lose him but the reality is, we’re in the Championship and we need to reinvest and by buying Shea Charles, we’ve got another one who hopefully we can do the same with.

“So good luck to Romeo. Let’s say it’s not done yet. But we envisage in the next few days it will be completed.”