Today happy with new contract
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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The gallery does not include homegrown players or players who were signed on a free transfer and later transferred for big money.
26 Kevin de Bruyne | from Wolfsburg to Man City for €76m | Profit: €54 million
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2015/16 season
26 Tanguy Ndombele | from Lyon to Tottenham for €62m | Profit: €54 million
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2018/19 season
25 Alison | from Roma to Liverpool for €62.5m | Profit: €54.5 million
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2018/19 season
23 Anthony Martial | from Monaco to Man United for €60m | Profit: €55 million
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2015/16 season
23 Alexander Isak | from Real Sociedad to Newcastle for €70m | Profit: €55 million
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Season 2022/23
22 Luis Suarez | from Liverpool to Barça for €81.7m | Profit: €55.2 million
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2014/15 season
21 Luis Figo | from Barça to Real Madrid for €60m | Profit: €57.5 million
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2000/01 season
20 Kaka | from Milan to Real Madrid for €67m | Profit: €58.5 million
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2009/10 season
18 Nicolas Pepe | from Lille to Arsenal for €80m | Profit: €62 million
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Season 2019/20
18 Aurélien Tchouameni | from Monaco to Real Madrid for €80m | Profit: €62 million
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17 Jadon Sancho | from BVB to Man United for €85m | Profit: €64.4 million
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Season 2021/22
(15% resale royalty for ex-club Man City included)
16 Casemiro | from Real Madrid to Man United for €70.7.8m | Profit: €64.7 million
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Season 2022/23
15 Riyadh Mahrez | for €67.8m from Leicester to Man City | Profit: €67.3 million
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2018/19 season
14 Thomas Lemar | from Monaco to Atlético for €72m | Profit: €68 million
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2018/19 season
13 Virgil van Dijk | from Southampton to Liverpool for €84.5m | Profit: €68.95 million
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2017/18 season
12 Harry Maguire | from Leicester to Man United for €87m | Profit: €73.3 million
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Season 2019/20
11 Zinedine Zidane | from Juve to Real Madrid for €77.5m | Profit: €74 million
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2001/02 season
10 Cristiano Ronaldo | from Man United to Real Madrid for €94m | Profit: €75 million
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2009/10 season
9 Enzo Fernández | from Benfica to Chelsea for €121m | Profit: €76.8 million
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2017/18 season
(Resale stake included for ex-club River Plate)
8 Dusan Vlahovic | from Florence to Juve for €81.6m | Profit: €78.4 million
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Season 2021/22
7 Antony | from Ajax to Man United for €95m | Profit: €79.3 million
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Season 2022/23
6 Eden Hazard | from Chelsea to Real Madrid for €115m | Profit: €80 million
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Season 2019/20
5 Gareth Bale | from Tottenham to Real Madrid for €101m | Profit: €86.3 million
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2013/14 season
4 Antoine Griezmann | from Atlético to Barça for €120m | Profit: €90 million
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Season 2019/20
3 Ousmane Dembele | for €135m from BVB to Barça | Profit: €100 million
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2017/18 season
(Resale participation for ex-club Stade Rennes included)
2 Philippe Coutinho | from Liverpool to Barça for €135m | Profit: €122 million
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2017/18 season
1 Neymar | from Barça to PSG for €222m | Profit: €133.8 million
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2017/18 season
“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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Bukayo Saka | Arsenal | New market value: €110 million
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Gabriel Martinelli | Arsenal | New market value: €70 million
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+€10m
Gabriel Magalhães | Arsenal | New market value: €50 million
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+€10m
Jakub Kiwior | Arsenal | New market value: €20 million
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+€12m
Stefan Bajcetic | Liverpool | New market value: €13 million
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+€12m
Noni Madueke | Chelsea | New market value: €28 million
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+€13m
Kaoru Mitoma | Brighton | New market value: €22 million
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+€13.5m
Rico Lewis | Man City | New market value: €15 million
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+€14m
Miguel Almiron | Newcastle | New market value: €35 million
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+€15m
Moises Caicedo | Brighton | New market value: €55 million
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+€17m
Martin Ødegaard | Arsenal | New market value: €80 million
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+€20m
Mykhaylo Mudryk | Chelsea | New market value: €60 million
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+€20m
Alejandro Garnacho | Man Utd | New market value: €25 million
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+€20m
Marcus Rashford | Man Utd | New market value: €80 million
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+€25m
Enzo Fernandez | Chelsea | New market value: €85 million
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+€30m
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