Brighton establish Caicedo alternative after Chelsea bids
The Ecuador worldwide has already been the subject of three offers from the Blues, the final of which was value £80m.
Brighton, nonetheless, have stood agency of their £100m valuation, or a minimum of wanting England U21 Levi Colwill partly change.
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Chelsea insist Colwill will not be on the market this summer time with Mauricio Pochettino tipping the 20-year-old to go onto set up himself as one in all England’s best centre-backs.
It stays to be seen whether or not or not Chelsea will improve their supply for Pochettino’s prime goal with Brighton beneath little stress to promote.
The membership have extracted most worth for his or her prized belongings earlier than, having allowed Marc Cucurella to maneuver to Stamford Bridge for £62m final 12 months.
Still, such is the effectivity of their recruitment course of, De Zerbi has already recognized a alternative.
“f Caicedo leaves, we need another big important midfielder,” he advised Sky Sports.
“Yes, I have a specific player in mind to replace him, but I don’t want to tell you his name.”