Chelsea player gets call-up to be demoted to U21s international side at 22 | OneFootball

Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia has get a call up that means he’s been demoted to the Belgium U21s international side.

Lavia, who is now 22-years-old and has already been capped for the Belgium senior side, has been called up in to the U21s squad for this latest international break in a surprise move.

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Although is it really that surprising? Lavia has been injured basically for his entire Chelsea career on and off so far – he’s literally made of glass. He’s only recently started playing for Chelsea again in the last few matches after his latest injury, so I guess it would seem sensible that he is eased back in to international football as well via the route of the U21s whilst he is just in the age bracket still.

Lavia in the Belgium U21s squad

Romeo Lavia playing for the Under-21s. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)

As confirmed on the Chelsea website, Romeo Lavia has been selected for Belgium’s Under-21 side, where he will look to feature as they continue their UEFA EURO Under-21 qualifying campaign, with the team currently joint top of their group.

Lavia is obviously more than good enough to be starting for Belgium senior team. But the issue is fitness and match fitness as he tries to get that back again now.

In other news…

Liam Rosenior has claimed that it wasn’t a lack of effort or tactical mistakes that were costing Chelsea – but insisted he didn’t want to blame the players in the wake of the Everton defeat on Saturday night.

But Rosenior also blamed “mistakes” for the goals Chelsea were conceding – but we’re going to need a bit more than that I’m afraid.

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