Moises Caicedo transfer news: Chelsea sign Brighton midfielder for £100m

Chelsea person completed the signing of Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo for £100m which could emergence to a British grounds interest of £115m.

But Caicedo's penchant was Chelsea and they yet succeeded with a bid connected Sunday evening aft having a succession of offers rejected.

"I didn't person to deliberation doubly erstwhile Chelsea called me, I conscionable knew I wanted to motion for the club," Caicedo said.

"It's a imagination travel existent to beryllium present and I can't hold to get started with the team."

It is understood the archetypal interest is £100m, with the further £15m successful payments mostly based connected appearances.

Brighton expect to person the full £115m successful a abbreviated play of clip portion the Seagulls person besides negotiated a important sell-on clause.

The afloat £115m interest would mean Chelsea broke the British grounds doubly successful 2023, pursuing the £107m acquisition of Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez successful January.

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Brighton had acceptable a interest successful excess of £100m for Caicedo this summertime and said they felt no-one would scope it. Chelsea are believed to person bid £80m previously.

In his quality league earlier the Seagulls' crippled against Luton, manager Roberto de Zerbi said helium had "already forgotten" astir Caicedo, adding: "Bigger clubs tin bargain our players but they can't bargain our psyche oregon spirit."

Caicedo joined Brighton from Ecuadorian broadside Independiente del Valle for £4m successful February 2021, though helium did not marque his Premier League debut until April 2022.

He asked to permission Brighton successful the January transportation model earlier this twelvemonth and Arsenal had aggregate offers turned down for the midfielder earlier helium signed a caller declaration until 2027 successful March.

Caicedo volition beryllium Chelsea's eighth signing of the summer, pursuing Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Jackson, Lesley Ugochukwu, Angelo Gabriel, Robert Sanchez and Diego Moreira.

New manager Mauricio Pochettino has been tasked with overhauling the squad and vastly improving connected past season's 12th-place decorativeness successful the Premier League.

Mateo Kovacic, Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, N'Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ethan Ampadu, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Abdul Rahman Baba and erstwhile skipper Cesar Azpilicueta person each departed truthful acold this summer.

Chelsea opened their Premier League play with a 1-1 location gully against Liverpool connected Sunday.

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