Chelsea's FFP position is just wild generally. Over the last however many years they've had mad years, and then years where they've 'made' mad money [sometimes through the force of embargo etc]. Pretty sure their mass clear out this summer will more than cover off the accountancy worries in fair play terms, with the real time bomb being in a few years when/if everyone they've bought turns out to be garbage.
I'm sorry I just do not see the Caiceido hype. Rice is overpriced to fuck but at least you get the ref letting you off for blatant fouls because 'ah yerr a good english lad aren't ya' bollocks.
This is a bit un-Liverpool. They would have had this wrapped up months ago if they were seriously contemplating that amount of money.Originally Posted by Gray Fox
The Lavia thing of dragging it out over several bids is un-liverpool.
The Caicedo thing is very on brand for recent Liverpool. Turn up, gazump and walk away with the player. Take Szoboszlai. Not a peep on him with Newcastle expected to sign. Liverpool suddenly come in on the Thursday, Friday the bid is in and accepted and he's flying over for a medical.
Gary Neville thinks the Harry Kane camp (lol) is using Bayern to set the asking price for United to come in and do likewise. The man is a wally.
I feel bad for Lavia. He’s just joining whoever Caicedo doesn’t at this point. If Chelsea somehow fumble the bag Boehly might need to takeover negotiations again. At least he got whoever he bid for
I still think Caicedo ends up at Chelsea and Liverpool will do the deal for Lavia and maybe set up something in January for Andre.
In a year's time Kane will have more interest as a freebie than as a £100m purchase.
He's agreed to go to Bayern. Just needs Levy's final sign off and it's done.
Genuinely thought he'd stay.
Liverpool bid 110m for caicedo and sounds like they have their man. Fuck me
Hopefully.
It’s not my money. Spend £110m on David Alaba while you’re at it.
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Unconvinced anyone other than Brighton fans have seen this Caicedo play more than 2 games. Or maybe I’m more out of touch than I thought and he’s the best midfielder in the world
Be chuffed if he signs! An very pleasing midfield rebuild in the end. Hopefully our creaking defence can hold out another season.
Caicedo is a mega player [and has potential to be top, top] but £110m is mental. Then again, so is everything about modern football. I'd have him over Rice, and he should suit being asked to do a lot of running, which is surely likely if he goes to Liverpool.
£145m in Tony Bloom's back pocket for a midfield they'll probably seamlessly replace.
Any such deal will obviously have the internet mong brigade bleating on about Bellingham 'costing' less.
My Caicedo experience is limited to standing in a customer's premises in Babahoyo in Ecuador, banana leaves blowing in the tropical breeze, and having three delivery boys excitedly approach me to ask which club their hero would be transferring to, as if just by being English I obviously had the inside transfer knowledge of David Ornstein. I said probably Chelsea; they rejected my analysis and said 'Manchester, Manchester'. There are truly no winners in this game.
The above also comes with the caveat that I would have said largely similar things about Yves Bissouma, although he's less dynamic. I suppose [hope?] Caicedo doesn't have any clouds hanging over him.
Has Taz finished wanking yet?
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Hopefully he links up well with Mac Allister.
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BBC saying it's a bid of £111m for Caicedo. Mental money.
Levy apparently now trying to change the terms of the deal. Turn the plane around!
Harry Kane has, "I couldn't settle in Germany, it was like a different country." written all over him.
The money means fuck all. Liverpool now have a proper midfield again and even more importantly a midfield full of runners which means Liverpool are back.
If they avoid this ‘Trent’ moving into midfield shite and don’t go with quite as high a line then they should go back to being 1 point off City in the league at the end of the year.
Chelsea on the other hand…yikes. Caicedo would have given them an incredibly good midfield duo with a very solid defence and fun attackers. That whole thing starts to go to shit with no Nkunku and Gallagher playing alongside Fernandez.
Independiente del Valle and their 12k stadium in Quito is about to get a cheese room with that 20% sell-on clause. I need a skin graft on my girthy one but I'm not jizzing until it's done. What a scene though. Rice, Casemiro, Tyler Fucking Adams, we're built different lads. Thank you my Saudi brothers.
The funniest and most desired outcome for me personally is Kane stays, breaks the all time goalscorer record only for Haaland to break it again shortly afterwards. Meanwhile Spurs manage another Audi cup before he retires.
Good to see you're finally coming around to the truth.
So £111m deal in total and a sell on clause for Brighton too.
Liverpool really did just rock up on Thursday, ask what Brighton wanted, get told and gone 'yeah okay.'
I think more than anything it just proves how good Brighton and especially Bloom are. Got the whole league on the spin.
100m profit for a bloke thats played 45 games!
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Ha. That narrative changes if Caicedo is in the team though. Him and Fernandez would have been one of the biggest upgrades in recent times over 'Jovacic'. Properly dumb though - if Chelsea bid what they did last night around two/three weeks ago he'd have been training with them all week and starting on Sunday.
I guess it could still be an elaborate trolling exercise to force the fee up for Boehly's Boyz if his heart is set on West London, like that 'bid' City apparently made for Rice.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66470820However, the price they are prepared to pay for Caicedo comes as a surprise, as in In April, the club said they would not make a move for England midfielder Jude Bellingham because of the money involved.
Wasn't even the Internet, it was the fucking BBC.
The Chelsea sources are claiming they have reassured Caicedo they will get an agreement with Brighton. Trying to save face if nothing else.
Watch the Sponsor get announced today and maybe some mad links to Mbappe/Neymar to try distract from what's happened. Everton release news about their stadium anytime they get bad press.
Why would you want to go to Chelsea at the moment anyway if Liverpool are in for you? Other than not wanting to have your house burgled every other week.
Looks like Chelsea are genuinely going back in with an even bigger bid lmao.
Boehly does it again - he’s cracked the transfer market!
Although things have moved on a bit in the last few decades I know a lot of foriegn players, especially non european players, prefer London as it is a lot more multicultural.
People talk about 4D chess, but this is 5D Jenga.
“Congratulations on saying the biggest number you fucking morons”
That’ll be him in Liverpool as we speak then
Brighton need to sign Lavia now for the epic lolz
Klopp doesn't usually speak out unless something is pretty much over the line.
Plenty of twists left in this yet.
Sounds a bit like Barca pre money troubles where they went to buy someone, apparently the conversation before hand was 'we aren't paying more than £50m, agreed?' Then they walk into the meeting, are quoted £70m and just agree it anyway
Could be bollocks but supposedly Kane's move is off now.
I could be wrong but I think the Caicedo stalling is because he doesn't want to be playing against the other team this weekend. I think the deadline for such is 12:30, so I expect a lot more certain reports not long after that.
If Chelsea were gonna bid, they'd have done it by now. He'll be a Liverpool player.
The Deadline was at 12pm, so he canna play regardless.
According to RL’s mate, Caicedo has told Liverpool he only wants to join Chelsea.
Chelsea are fackin massive mate
Crawling back to Southampton with a £49m bid as we speak.
Say it ain’t so.
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Wages. Chelsea will (or will have promised to) pay him a lot more, I would imagine.
Oh, and an 8 year deal, natch.
I've no idea if he has a family or anything, but he'd barely have to move if he went to Chelsea. At worst he could borrow Potter's old gaff.
Liverpool pay more in wages than Chelsea do. Especially after the amount of players Chelsea have offloaded. Mudryk and Fernandez are barley on 100k each.
Not that it means much but Caicedo is a Chelsea fan.
I'll look out for him in the Ecuadorean delis of Oxshott next week.
Maybe Liverpool knew this all along and the 'bid' was only to look like big spending legends in the knowledge it wouldn't actually happen.
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At this point for Liverpool to lose out would be disastrous. They've very publicly played their hand.
The only thing that may save Liverpool is they're the only ones who did as Brighton asked and we're passed their deadline now. Chelsea may have Caicedo convinced but they've yet to submit a bid that matches ours.
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