Moisés Caicedo has accomplished a transfer from Brighton to Chelsea for a British file switch price of £115 million ($146m), the membership introduced on Monday.
The transfer places an finish to a months-long switch saga, with Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino having labelled Caicedo as his No. 1 goal this summer season and noticed the membership’s opening bids rejected by Brighton.
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Nevertheless, Chelsea have been confronted competitors for his signature. On Friday, Liverpool broke floor and agreed a £111m price with Brighton — the primary membership to take action — just for the midfielder to reject a transfer to Anfield and as a substitute indicating his need to hitch Chelsea.
Chelsea upped their provide, with sources telling ESPN the membership agreed a deal on Sunday that features an preliminary £100m in assured funds with an additional £15m in add-ons — round half of the add-ons are described as simply achievable with the opposite half significantly tougher to set off.
“I’m so pleased to hitch Chelsea! I’m so excited to be right here at this large membership and I did not must suppose twice when Chelsea referred to as me, I simply knew I needed to signal for the membership,” Caicedo stated in a press release after signing an eight-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
“It is a dream come true to be right here and I am unable to wait to get began with the group.”
Caicedo loved a profitable spell at Brighton after becoming a member of in February 2021 from Ecuadorian aspect Independiente del Valle. He spent the primary half of the next season on mortgage with Belgian outfit Beerschot.
He went on to make 53 appearances in all competitions for Brighton and turns into the most recent membership personnel to Chelsea, following within the footsteps of Marc Cucurella and Robert Sánchez, in addition to former supervisor Graham Potter.
Chelsea’s coup in signing Caicedo means they’ve spent over $1 billion in participant switch charges for the reason that new possession led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital accomplished their takeover of the membership in Might 2022.
Data from Reuters was included on this report.
