According to Moises Caicedo’s agent, Andrea Pellegatti, the midfielder only wanted to join Chelsea in the summer after Liverpool showed a significant amount of interest in him last month.
In an effort to improve their midfield options, the Reds reached a £111 million British record agreement with Brighton & Hove Albion. Caicedo, however, rejected to enter into negotiations with the Reds after learning that his club had approved the proposal.
Pellegatti told Sport Italia that the contract reached with the Stamford Bridge club was worth £116 million, and that Liverpool had left their offer on the table as a result, forcing Chelsea to up their offer to secure the player.
Caicedo’s transfer to Mauricio Pochettino’s team cost £116 million, or €133 million, according to Pellegatti. The outcome of the player’s extensive work, who immediately advanced in England after transferring to Belgium. When we got to Chelsea and Liverpool, they were fighting over De Zerbi when we arrived.
“The sum paid was not chosen at random. The boy solely wanted Chelsea, who had started to consistently express their interest since January, and it was only decided in the last few hours.
At the conclusion of the previous campaign, Liverpool released James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlin, and Naby Keita, while Jordan Henderson and Fabinho left for Saudi Arabia during the summer transfer window.
When their attempt to sign Caicedo fell through, the Reds had only signed Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, but Jurgen Klopp strengthened his midfield options by bringing in Wataru End and Ryan Gravenberch before the transfer window closed.
Caicedo has struggled to make an impact in his first four Chelsea games and has had a difficult start to his London club’s career. He gave up a penalty when the Blues lost to West Ham in August and fumbled the ball just before Nottingham Forest scored the game-winning goal in Steve Cooper’s team’s 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge at the start of September.
