"United rejected Chelsea's offer of including Lavia as part of the Garnacho transfer due to concerns over the Belgian's fitness record. Lavia joined Chelsea from Southampton amid the west London club's spending spree in the summer of 2023 but his game time has been severely limited by injury. Though impressive when he has been on the pitch, Lavia's repeated muscle issues mean he has missed more than 75 games, making just 31 appearances in all competitions."
"Garnacho, 21, signed for Chelsea in a £40 million ($52.62m) deal on Aug. 30 after falling out of favour under United head coach Ruben Amorim. Sources have told ESPN that Nkunku was also offered to United before he ultimately completed a move to AC Milan. The forward also suffered with injury issues during his time in England and failed to translate the form he had showed for RB Leipzig to the Premier League."
Manchester United turned down Chelsea's offer to include Romeo Lavia or Christopher Nkunku as part of the deal that saw Alejandro Garnacho move to Chelsea. Garnacho, 21, signed for Chelsea for £40 million on Aug. 30 after falling out of favour under United head coach Ruben Amorim. United spent £225m on new signings this summer, adding Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and goalkeeper Senne Lammens. United rejected Lavia because of concerns over his fitness record; Lavia has missed more than 75 games, made just 31 appearances and is currently sidelined with a quadriceps injury. Nkunku also suffered injury issues and completed a move to AC Milan.
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