Chelsea and Arsenal are reportedly set to try again for the potential £70million-plus transfer of Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo.
The Ecuador international has shone for Brighton and it’s no surprise to see him linked with a big move away this summer, as he’d undoubtedly strengthen both Chelsea and Arsenal.
According to Ben Jacobs, writing in his column for Si & Dan Talk Chelsea, both the Blues and the Gunners are preparing to try again for Caicedo, with the understanding that it’ll take at least an initial £70m guaranteed, plus likely around £10m in add-ons to get this done.
Caicedo will surely want to take this chance to move, and Arsenal look a particularly tempting destination right now after their impressive title challenge last season and qualification for the Champions League.
Chelsea, meanwhile, urgently need to rebuild under new manager Mauricio Pochettino, and a statement signing like Caicedo seems like a good place to start.
It remains to be seen if the 21-year-old would want to move to Stamford Bridge while they’re unable to offer Champions League football, but it could still be tempting to try to help the club bounce back under a top coach like Pochettino.
If real Madrid paid only £88 million for Bellingham, the Caicedo should be no more than half the value of the 19 year old world class international player. Cicero should only be valued at most £44 million. Even MacAlister who is a world class winner was only sold for £35 million. Arsenal can’t be that stupid to now pay more than £44 million. We are in a recession and players are expected to be sold at 50% their value of 1 or 2 years ago. Try and keep up with other sale prices I have mentioned above. Caicedo and Rice are not considered world class and always pass the ball sideways and have all 6 goals between them. They are at most valued at £44 million, half the value of Bellingham and only because of their age a little more than the £35 million Liverpool paid for world class winner Alex MacAlistair.Try and keep up guys.