For months now, Moises Caicedo has been a target for Chelsea Football Club, but their dilly-dallying over price seemingly let in Liverpool at the 11th hour to hijack the deal.
A British record fee was accepted by Brighton and Hove Albion for their player, and all that remained was for the 21-year-old to complete a medical and sign on the dotted line.
Landing the Ecuadorian in any event, but particularly in that manner, would’ve been a real statement of intent from the Reds.
However, they clearly didn’t countenance being told in no uncertain terms by the player himself that he had no intention of joining them, and was only interested in playing for Chelsea.
That drew a scathing response from former England striker turned broadcaster, Alan Shearer.
“It’s pretty embarrassing for Liverpool if that is the case. They’ve gone we will agree a deal for £111m, and then all of a sudden it’s ‘no thanks, I don’t fancy coming to you, I’m going to London.’,” he said on The Rest is Football Podcast, with Gary Lineker and Micah Richards.
“That is not a good look for Liverpool.”
It certainly doesn’t bode well for the Reds when they go out on a limb like that and end up with egg on their faces.
Surely someone at the club could’ve done their due diligence properly to ascertain whether there was a genuine possibility of the player considering the move.
All they’ve done now is made themselves a laughing stock and what makes it worse… Chelsea also appear likely to beat them to the signing of Romeo Lavia after Liverpool couldn’t secure a deal there either.
Are you for real Alan? Really? For sure he will walk to London he wanted to go to Arsenal at first point. Second thing is, he is getting 9y offer who in the world of aport does that??? And surely you should stick to your club and have comments there rather than to talk about embarrassment… I am glad that money doesnt buy everything to be honest. Even as LFC fan, would still prefer a player to be there for a reason rather then for money. So dunno where you analysis is from but I feel a bit of hate same like with Garry Neville maybe you should date him.
Yes he’s a founder member of the LFC haters club along with most of his mates. Wone nothing much to shout about himself but now making up for lost time shouting about LFC 😅😅😅
What do they (Liverpool) smoke up there? same question they asked arsenal regarding Luis Suarez is the same question Caicedo’s asking Liverpool
They’re all there for the money mate,wake up,most of these players came from a poor background and they don’t give a shit about your history and all that.
9 year offer is illegal , 5 years is max as per fifa UEFA & the fa
Never seen a player so desperate to:-
Join a team not In Europe
Finished 12th last year
Have a manager that failed in his last 4 jobs
A club they has changed manager 5 times in 15 months
Is gathering players but not creating a team
Soulless money orientation of fans
Ruins players (list too long to do here)
This week received £8 million FFP fine
Maybe banned from Europe next season due to FFP and have pints deducted
Manager may not last until December
Capital city with lots of 304s soulless
Rather than LFC
A established team that is adding
Chance to play alongside a previous colleague
Top 3 most supported club in the world
4th top shirt seller
One of the worlds best managers
Is in Europe
Finished 5th last season
Anfield has the most Amazing atmosphere
Friendly people of Liverpool
It’s not making sense people , why chose chelsea , I am dumb struck
U sound so destroyed and embarrassed by this story. U fully expected him to join L.F.C but that’s how it’s happened. From your analysis, maybe u forgot to mention chelsea as the most successful team of the decade in england.
Well said, 👍👍👍👍
Nobody wants to live in that dump Liverpool , simple really
Ahh the salty tears.. I love it.
Liverpool is finished. They lucked out with Salah and Mane. Klopp wanted Brandt instead of Salah, an epic fluke nobody will ever match.
Ofc players will rather choose Chelsea over Klopp atm. 8 yr contract with £300k a week.
London is waaaay better than Liverpool LOL
You are acting up blud…being to fanatic here.Are you saying a legend of the game cannot have his own candid opinion?He knows how big a club like Liverpool is and all he’s saying is,the market situation is undermining the size of Liverpool and it’s not sweet or cake to the mouth simple.
Due diligence? So you’re allowed to tap up a player now. We’ve always assumed they did he’s just confirmed they all break their rules
Alan, why don’t you just shut the f..k up and whinge and whine about Harry beating your record. Saddo
So failed manager and embarrassing pundit Shearer blasts Liverpool for negotiating privately with Brighton, receiving assurances from the player and agent that they were happy to join Liverpool (they reneged on this) receiving assurances from Brighton that the highest bidder would win, then get told it was all just a tactic to get Chelsea to pay more and WE should be embarrassed. The guy is a shallow joke and should shut up.
He’s just a sad old retired footballer who lost his good looks ,personality ( said loosly)) and is ability to enjoy life so hus only way is to try and look and sound experienced
plonker
No mark pundit! who cares what you think making ridiculous comments like this makes you an embarrassment, they struggled to find the money and the fools had to pay £35 million more than they were expecting too, if FFP have any balls they will be deducted points or they’ll have to sell more players to stay within constraints and probably to their PIF partners in Saudi worse than Abramovich this lot never thought I’d hear myself saying that, see what he’s like when RM come knocking next season,s’pose he’ll only go there and dummy out the pram again!!
The only type of transfer which impress me was the one for Haaland, 60 million and the impact he has. Chelsea paid 107 pound for Enzo and 115 for Moises. Moise is definitely not parting the red sea. So LFC should be glad not to “win” this transfer. They bought two players which may have more impact than Moises,
They’re all there for the money mate,wake up,most of these players came from a poor background and they don’t give a shit about your history and all that.
Total financial package of Haaland exceeds £240mil so get your facts before you begin to postulate.
Remember Harland s wages are too high
Facts, I mean who in the right mind would want to live in Liverpool or Manchester when you can live in London the greatest City in the world.
Lol LONDONISTAN
The place is run by people who can’t put a sentence together in English,give me a break you sausage
yeah but at least theres no scoucers there
LFC should walk away from the MC bidding war. I honestly do not believe the Ecuadorian is worth that much. 110m can buy 3 McAllisters.
Three MA equals to Caicedo
Caicedo is overrated player. Where is his ex teammate Cucurella? 🙂
I’ll never understand spending crazy amount of money on players successful in nothing. For example Bavarian giant spent 100M on English top goal scorer and England’s captain. It’s about how big clubs do it.