Chelsea and Brighton formalized the hiring of Moisés Caicedo for a figure that makes the 22-year-old Ecuadorian the most expensive player in British football history: 115 million euros ($146 million, a figure that is mentioned by various media outlets). communication from England)
On Friday, when the transfer of the tricolor midfielder to Liverpool seemed closed, the native of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas had already achieved that status because the reds were going to pay 110 million pounds ($139.6 million). But Caicedo vetoed that negotiation, which his representatives had already virtually finalized.
Even Jürgen Klopp, DT of Liverpool, announced the signing at a press conference. He later found out about the Ecuadorian’s decision: “Liverpool have allegedly been shaken after being told that Caicedo only wants to join Chelsea. The player reportedly only has his eyes on Stamford Bridge,” Daily Express reported. Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror remarked last Friday that “some shady behind-the-scenes maneuvering left the Reds’ manager feeling bitterly disappointed… and frustrated.”
‘He should have gone to Liverpool’
This Monday the repercussions of that refusal by Caicedo and the astronomical amount that Chelsea will pay continued. The Daily Mail’s football editor Ian Ladyman spoke with Chris Sutton – a former England striker who spent most of his career with Scottish Celtic, and is now a BBC Sports commentator – on the Mail’s It’s All Kicking Off podcast On-line. Both specialists agreed that Caicedo should have chosen to go to Liverpool.
“Caicedo was wrong. He would have been better at Liverpool, ”says Daily Mail in the note with the transcript of the conversation. “Why do you think he chose Chelsea over Liverpool?” Ladyman asks. Sutton replies: “I don’t know, I don’t get it. It must be because of the coach, (Mauricio) Pochettino. In fact, I think Liverpool is closer to winning the title than Chelsea. But at Chelsea they obviously think (Caicedo) will be a transformative signing for them. The transformation of the Chelsea squad from last season to this season has been absolutely extraordinary.”
Then Ladyman (a 24-year career with a degree in Sports Studies from Newcastle Polytechnic and a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Central Lancashire) focused on the cost of Caicedo’s transfer to Chelsea. He revealed that he is “shocked by the exorbitant fee.”
‘Time will tell’
Said the Daily Mail journalist, in conversation with Sutton: “We have a new British transfer price record. Chelsea have agreed to pay Brighton £115m for their central midfielder, Moises Caicedo. Is it worth that amount of money? £115m for a defensive midfielder. Football has gone crazy, right?
This Sutton replied to his host: “Chelsea are spending 115 million on a developing player. Caicedo would have been better in Liverpool”. The 50-year-old former forward added: “That’s a lot of money for a player in that position. I guess time will tell, if in the next few seasons Chelsea win the Champions League in the Premier League, if it’s worth it. But I’m not so sure it is.” (D)
2023-08-15 06:51:33
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