Moises Caicedo: Brighton plan for stay amid Chelsea interest

Caicedo made his Premier League debut successful April 2022 and has played 53 times for Brighton, scoring twice

Brighton brag Roberto de Zerbi says helium is readying to person midfielder Moises Caicedo successful his squad for adjacent play amid transportation involvement from Chelsea.

The 21-year-old has been the taxable of involvement from a fig of clubs, with Arsenal besides trying to motion the Ecuadorian successful January.

"At the infinitesimal Moises is simply a Brighton player," De Zerbi said.

Speaking successful the United States, wherever his squad is participating successful the Premier League Summer Series alongside 5 different English sides including Chelsea, De Zerbi added: "I spoke with [club owner] Tony Bloom and helium told maine if the conditions don't change, Moises stays with us.

"For maine it should beryllium large quality due to the fact that it is hard to find different subordinate similar Moises. If Moises leaves we person to find different subordinate of the aforesaid level due to the fact that we merit to play the adjacent play with the aforesaid [quality].

"We merit to play successful the Europa League and we privation to vie astatine our best."

Brighton qualified for European contention aft finishing sixth successful the Premier League past season.

It has been reported that aft Caicedo extended his declaration successful February, De Zerbi and the subordinate verbally agreed helium could permission the Seagulls successful the summertime window.

"It is not true. I americium coach, not owner, I'm not a sporting director. I'm lone a coach," De Zerbi said.

"In my work, I americium utilized to speaking with my players each day, for each question, each portion of life, not lone football. But I didn't springiness my connection for nothing.

"We didn't talk astir the adjacent transportation marketplace model and for me, helium is simply a subordinate similar the others.

"OK, we are Brighton and I tin recognize we person to merchantability immoderate subordinate astatine the extremity of the season.

"But astatine the moment, I person not received quality that Caicedo tin permission time oregon successful the adjacent week. I commencement the adjacent play with Caicedo successful my caput successful the archetypal 11, for sure."

Transfer swap could resoluteness Caicedo and Colwill futures

Chelsea centre backmost Levi Colwill was connected indebtedness astatine Brighton past play and helped the nine unafraid Europa League football.

Brighton are keen to bring the 20-year-old backmost to the nine connected a imperishable basis, with Colwill having continued to excel since the extremity of the home campaign.

The centre-back was portion of the England Under-21 squad that won the European Championships without conceding a goal.

"I americium arrogant astir Levi due to the fact that helium showed his prime with the nationalist squad and I americium precise blessed for him. I emotion him but it is not our player," De Zerbi said.

When asked astir imaginable solutions for some clubs, helium answered: "I don't know. There are 2 questions. Not lone astir Caicedo, besides astir Colwill, and possibly it tin beryllium [a swap]."

Chelsea and Brighton volition play against each different successful the opening crippled of the Summer Series connected Saturday.

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