Chelsea have struck an agreement with Brighton to sign midfielder Moises Caicedo in a British club record transfer deal worth £115million – which includes £15m in add-ons.
Chelsea have struck an agreement with Brighton to sign midfielder Moises Caicedo in a British club record transfer deal worth £115million – which includes £15m in add-ons.
A medical test has been booked for Monday for the Ecuadorian international with an announcement from the clubs scheduled to be confirmed later in the day. It is anticipated Caicedo will sign an eight-year contract at Stamford Bridge, with the option of a further year – through to the summer of 2032.
The mammoth fee comfortably beats the £106m Chelsea paid to land Enzo Fernandez from Benfica back in January, and gives new boss Mauricio Pochettino a top class defensive midfielder for his new Blues side.
It follows days of high drama as the Liverpool had a British record transfer fee of £111million accepted by the Seagulls for the 21-year-old. It had been Chelsea who were long considered to be the frontrunners for Caicedo’s signature, but it was the first of many twists with the Blues ultimately getting their man.