Chelsea verify document Caicedo deal and look to signal Lavia and Olise subsequent
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helsea have accomplished the blockbuster signing of Moises Caicedo, breaking the British switch document for the second time in simply six months.
After weeks of protracted negotiations hastened by robust rival curiosity from Liverpool in latest days, the Blues lastly agreed a cope with Brighton for his or her No1 summer season goal that may see them pay a assured £100million up entrance plus one other £15m in achievable add-ons, with the settlement additionally stated to include a sell-on clause.
Caicedo efficiently handed a medical on Monday and agreed phrases on an unlimited eight-year contract lasting till 2031 that features the choice for an additional 12 months past that, with a possible debut coming within the Premier League London derby away at West Ham on Sunday.
It is the second time this yr already that big-spending Chelsea have set a brand new British switch document, having splashed out £106.8m to land Argentine World Cup-winner Enzo Fernandez from Benfica on deadline day again in January after a equally drawn-out saga.
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Liverpool additionally noticed a £110m bid for Caicedo – additionally the topic of a number of provides from Arsenal in January – accepted final week having been supplied encouragement by his entourage to rival Chelsea for his signature, although have been left livid because the participant rejected the possibility to observe ex-Brighton midfield accomplice Alexis Mac Allister to Anfield and made it clear that he solely wished to maneuver to Stamford Bridge.
Caicedo is the seventh notable signing of one other vastly busy window at Chelsea, following Christopher Nkunku, presently sidelined for 4 months after knee surgical procedure, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez, Lesley Ugochukwu, Angelo Gabriel and several other different gifted children.
Chelsea are also in advanced talks over beating Liverpool to a different key midfield goal in Romeo Lavia in a £55m cope with Southampton, whereas they’re hopeful of sealing the £45m signing of Michael Olise as they shut in on an settlement over private phrases with the Crystal Palace winger.
A £17m deal can be agreed with Brazilian membership Santos for 18-year-old striker Deivid Washington, who shall be loaned straight out to new accomplice membership Strasbourg in France. Chelsea are additionally looking out for one more goalkeeper after signing Sanchez, with former No1 Kepa Arrizabalaga having joined Real Madrid on mortgage as a alternative for the injured Thibaut Courtois and Edouard Mendy additionally out the door.
Chelsea signal Moises Caicedo
Chelsea’s monumental spending in three switch home windows below their new Todd Boehly-Clearlake possession regime is now nearing the £1billion mark, with new supervisor Mauricio Pochettino hoping to construct a profitable first season after a gap house 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday. Last season below a succession of managers in Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard, the Blues slumped to a disastrous Twelfth-place end – their lowest within the league since 1994.
Chelsea have regularly raided high-flying Brighton for big-money signings over the previous yr, with Caicedo becoming a member of an extended record of gamers and coaches to swap the Amex Stadium for the Bridge, together with Potter and his employees, Marc Cucurella and Sanchez, at a price of over £200m.
Caicedo made 53 appearances in whole for Brighton after becoming a member of from Ecuadorian membership Independiente del Valle for a reported payment of simply £4.5m in January 2021 and finishing a mortgage spell in Belgium with Beerschot, scoring twice.