Moises Caicedo: Arsenal have £60m bid for Brighton midfielder rejected

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Brighton person rejected a £60m bid from Arsenal for midfielder Moises Caicedo.

The Premier League leaders are keen to fortify their squad aft Mohamed Elneny picked up an wounded successful grooming that could mean a lengthy lay-off.

Arsenal already person a tiny squad and manager Mikel Arteta does not privation to jeopardise his team's rubric situation done a deficiency of numbers.

Brighton had reportedly already turned down a £55m bid by Chelsea for 21-year-old Caicedo.

The Seagulls sold Marc Cucurella to Chelsea successful a woody worthy £60m, Yves Bissouma to Tottenham for £25m positive add-ons and Neal Maupay to Everton for £15m successful the summer.

Earlier this month, Leandro Trossard near them to articulation to Arsenal for an archetypal £21m and Brighton bash not person a fiscal crushed to merchantability Caicedo.

Given they are presently sixth successful the table, with the imaginable to determination to 5th if they triumph their 2 games successful manus connected Tottenham, they person nary tendency to merchantability the Ecuador planetary either.

Caicedo has made 26 appearances successful the Premier League, scoring doubly and is nether declaration until 2025.

It is expected Arsenal volition instrumentality with different connection but it remains to beryllium seen whether Caicedo, who precocious changed agents, volition effort to unit his mode retired of the nine earlier the model closes connected Tuesday night.

Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi told a quality league connected Friday that the midfielder was "relaxed" and "focused lone connected Brighton."

The Italian said: "I spoke with him similar a father, not similar a coach.

"I anticipation helium tin enactment with america until the extremity of the play due to the fact that for my idea/my sentiment that's the champion solution for him and for us."

"I americium focused connected Brighton," Caicedo said recently. "I americium here, I'm playing each day. Things from extracurricular don't occupation me, nor does it instrumentality that absorption distant due to the fact that I'm focused lone connected here.

"I grip [the speculation] well. You perceive rumours present and there, but I lone effort to beryllium focused connected the club."

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