The 21-year-old became the most expensive player in the history of British football at a staggering £115m, with Chelsea breaking the record for the second time in nine months after signing Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for £107 million in January. . .
Chelsea only stepped up their efforts to sign Caicedo when it emerged Liverpool were willing to pay £100m to complete the deal following the sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson.
And the player’s agent, Manuel Sierra, admitted that both he and his client had difficulty resisting the Reds.
“When Liverpool arrived like that and got close, Moises obviously felt dizzy, and so did I,” he said in an interview with the YouTube channel Futbol sin Cassette.
“But Chelsea have always been by our side and asked us to go.
They wanted an hour so we could tell Brighton so they could honor the offer and they gave them an hour and it ended up being two days of negotiations.
MoisesCaicedo: The 21-year-old hasn’t had the best start at Chelsea. (Image: Getty)Sierra explained how Klopp called him personally to tell him about his plans:
“It’s very complicated, imagine Jürgen Klopp writing to you that Liverpool are calling you,” he added.
“We are talking about something very big, namely one of the best teams in the world, just like Chelsea, and with a more established and more stable project than what Chelsea have today, which is a very ambitious project” , he added. advance.
»Liverpool quickly avoided missing out on their signing by completing quick deals for Wataru Endu from Stuttgart for £16m, while Ryan Gravenberch was a late arrival from Bayern Munich for around £34.7m.
Both players have been used in alternating roles so far, while Caicedo has been a first-team regular.
But it seems Jurgen Klopp didn’t miss out on much by losing in this particular bidding war.
