With Kante gone/being injured for the last few seasons we’ve been needing someone like calceido, hope this goes through.

11 hours ago, Zeta said:

Guess the board have not learnt their lesson yet. About to get fleeced by Brighton for a 3rd time.

Or maybe 3rd time’s the charm 😉

A sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over

Caicedo is a good choice for Chelsea at some price. What that price is, is difficult for us to know. A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing or so said someone or other. Caicedo will add the muscle in midfield that we absolutely do have to have. No amount of pretty boy skill or even hard running can completely obviate the need for a bit of authority. Caicedo's pressing game is excellent and will make opposition midfields go faster than they want to.

13 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

It is always over inflated when it is Chelsea. 

Liverpool spent £55m on Mac Allister and it was widely reported as £35m.  So maybe it is the Chelsea PR machine which is at fault?   We have never had good PR ever since Bates.

Were easy click bait target unfortunately, doesnt help that a load of our fans are desperate to believe every single negative thing written. Liverpool are media darlings, they get preferential treatment, just look how Klopps latest disgusting rant at a 4th official after charging straight at him has basically been shuffled out the news as soon as possible. Or West Ham, fan cuts a player in a final, barely even newsworthy. Been the same for years now.

On 16/06/2023 at 13:53, TheCeleryKing said:

MaCAllister for £55 million - okay. A player with a few seasons of experience and he was also being a bit of a star in a World cup winning side. . .£55 million is a fair price.  And Caicedo has had one decent season - 45 games total - with Brighton and he is worth £80 million. Now the reports are saying that they want £100 million.  lol.  Still don't see how that adds up.  Yes, Moises Caicedo has potential, but so did the Cucu at one point.

imho all the big clubs should walk away and leave him at Brighton for another season to gain more experience and see what his price is next summer.  OR just give them Cucurella back in a straight swap.

Brighton with Caicedo has a 69% win ratio, which is utterly obscene. Before he stepped in in the final quarter of the 22/23 season, Brighton had a win ratio of about 30%.

I think a lot of people here really underestimate the quality of this player.

Feel free to walk away. Won't be any cheaper next year.

Edited June 17, 20233 yr by SwedishEntity

22 hours ago, Gol15 said:

He's more worth than Rice you can be sure of that.

Unlike Caicedo, Rice has proven himself over multiple seasons. 

I like what I saw of Caicedo last season, but yet again it's another very young player with less than 100 appearances at senior level. You can't fill up a team with players like this, you need experience, and I am not talking about your over the hill players like Koulibaly and Aubameyang.

Definitely a risk at the price and agree on lack of experience. Watched some highlight reels also - he is a fantastic tackler, but quite often goes to ground from the side or even behind, hooking the ball. His timing is great, but I can’t help and watch thinking at Chelsea the ref will give more of these tackles as free kicks. 

I like his energy and tenacity - very Ramires like. He is also pretty strong. 

Brighton add 20 mill to his price tag , it was inflated at 80 😅 but why not ? Bully will pay eventually,  he does appear to be better qual than the gentleman sporting the Diana Ross barnet that Brighton got the same mug to pay 62 mill for a few months back

Clearlake do allegedly have good contacts in Saudi to negotiate player sales to offset FFP and partly fund more lavish spending 

Unbiased posting by TG 😉

I hope we move quickly here before United come sniffing around 

Brighton are insisting we sell them Levi Colwill apparently.

That may be why we were quoted 120mill for Caicedo.

12 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Brighton are insisting we sell them Levi Colwill apparently.

That may be why we were quoted 120mill for Caicedo.

Tonali or Barella as alternatives 

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Tonali or Barella as alternatives 

Would sooner have the more combative Kone or Onana.

Just now, axman2526 said:

Would sooner have the more combative Kone or Onana.

Think Tonali and Barella are superior footballers. Onana as a DM I agree so he and one of the Italian lads would work well. 

I think Brighton will soon find themselves in a position with hardly any leverage. Caicedo wants to leave and they promised him in January they wouldn't make it difficult. They quoted 100m+ for him because they want Colwill, whereas we are on the verge of selling Koulibaly to guarantee Colwill minutes. We have genuine interest in other CMs such as Barella, Tonali, Lavia, Onana, etc. 

Brighton will soon have to lower their asking price in the fear they upset Caicedo again after going back on their word. 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Brighton are insisting we sell them Levi Colwill apparently.

That may be why we were quoted 120mill for Caicedo.

Funny how Brighton value Caicedo as a £100m player, yet Colwill is not worth half his price.  Are they Inter in disguise?

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Brighton are insisting we sell them Levi Colwill apparently.

That may be why we were quoted 120mill for Caicedo.

Move on. Let’s not waste time with Brighton and Inter, they are taking the piss

Yeah, not a great way to conduct business.  Make a good offer and move on.

1 hour ago, Adamrb said:

Move on. Let’s not waste time with Brighton and Inter, they are taking the piss

They have mugged us off successful a few times before so why would they not keep trying.

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Brighton are insisting we sell them Levi Colwill apparently.

That may be why we were quoted 120mill for Caicedo.

If they are in need of defensive reinforcements let's put Cucurella into the deal. Can play LB and CB as they well know. They clearly rate him, after all they charged us the fking earth to buy him in the first place. We could even trade it down and write it off to experience. £80m for Caceido = £40m Cucurella and £40m cash.

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

If they are in need of defensive reinforcements let's put Cucurella into the deal. Can play LB and CB as they well know. They clearly rate him, after all they charged us the fking earth to buy him in the first place. We could even trade it down and write it off to experience. £80m for Caceido = £40m Cucurella and £40m cash.

Or £40m Cucurella plus £40m Gallagher. 🙂 

2 for 1 swap basically.  They get a defensive reinforcement who can play in two positions, plus a midfielder to replace one of Caicedo / Mac Allister depending on where De Zerbi wants to play him. Let's see if the Gilmour/Gallagher double pivot can play Enzo/Caicedo off the park in the Brighton system LOL

On 18/06/2023 at 00:03, SwedishEntity said:

Brighton with Caicedo has a 69% win ratio, which is utterly obscene. Before he stepped in in the final quarter of the 22/23 season, Brighton had a win ratio of about 30%.
 

That means nothing though, win ratios are not a serious statistic

7 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

That means nothing though, win ratios are not a serious statistic

Nevertheless, nice to now hear from him that Brighton's upturn in form end of 21/22 and beginning of 22/23 was all down to Caicedo being in the team and nowt to do with Potter, which is what several of us were saying for months !

10 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

That means nothing though, win ratios are not a serious statistic

Is that the new club slogan?

2 hours ago, SwedishEntity said:

Is that the new club slogan?

Guess you're still stuck in limbo, waiting for your man to accept one of the numerous elite positions he has been linked to, before you're off.