Moisés Caicedo put pressure on the public in late January to force his transfer to Arsenal but Brighton & Hove Albion were unwilling to negotiate despite very high offers. “I was about to leave. I’ve suffered a lot,” said the Ecuadorian.telegraph“. Unlike Marc Cucurella (24) and manager Graham Potter, who both joined Chelsea, and Leandro Trossard (28), who Arsenal brought in, Caicedo had to stay.
There was no further transfer theater, but the return to the team and a few weeks later a contract extension until 2027 – reportedly without an exit clause. “They all supported me,” Caicedo said of his team. After missing a few days from training, “they all welcomed me. That was nice for me because it was like being home again. I started training full of energy to help the team again.”
Caicedo is “of course” keeping his fingers crossed for Arsenal in the title race
Chelsea and Arsenal felt the importance of Caicedo to Brighton in January. The highest bid that the “Seagulls” rejected for their defensive midfielder came from the “Gunners” and is said to have been around 79 million euros. The club from the south coast of England has thus given up one of the ten biggest transfer wins in football history. Caicedo came from his home country of Independiente in January 2021 for €5 million – so far only ten footballers have achieved a higher transfer profit after buying and selling.
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“I’m sure I’ll have more opportunities,” said Caicedo, who is currently in a strong seventh place with Brighton, leaving Chelsea and Liverpool behind in the Premier League table. The next opponents are Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals. Success coach Roberto De Zerbi, who is preparing to finish in the top 6 with the 13th highest squad value in the league, gave his most valuable protégé advice: “He told me to carry on as before and that I would not regret it, to have stayed.” While Caicedo is playing with the “Seagulls” for the Europa League ranks, he is “of course” keeping his fingers crossed for Arsenal in the title fight.
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