‘From the player’s end’: Sky journalist shares what they’ve just been told about Moises Caicedo to Chelsea

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Moises Caicedo’s camp believe that Chelsea have the first part of the deal to sign the Brighton star boxed off.

That is according to Sky Sports journalist Melissa Reddy.

Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo, who’s just 21, continues to be at the heart of a wild transfer saga this week involving both Chelsea and Liverpool.

Reddy claimed on Twitter this afternoon that sources from Caicedo’s end told her that Chelsea do have part of his transfer wrapped up. However, the Blues must still find that elusive agreement with Brighton for the transfer.

“Info from the player’s end is Chelsea have this first part boxed off – Caicedo reiterated they are his choice. Clubs yet to confirm, but one feeling is it could be to get more money. Still work to do in terms of making a formal offer Brighton deem acceptable in the circumstances,” Reddy wrote on social media.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano reported on Twitter around midday that Caicedo has now told Liverpool he only wants a move to Chelsea in this window. In addition, the Blues are getting ready to launch a new bid for the Brighton defensive midfielder.

It felt like Chelsea’s attempts to sign the Ecuador international were dead in the water Friday morning. This was after The Athletic claimed that Liverpool had reached an agreement with Brighton to sign Caicedo for £110million.

It sounds like the player’s persistence to come to Stamford Bridge is now swinging the momentum back towards the Blues.

The eventual buyers are going to be splashing out a crazy amount of money for Caicedo, which will be yet again a sign of how good Brighton are at selling players.

There’s no doubt Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea squad is looking thin on the ground in the centre of the park, so we’re going to be over the moon if Brighton’s talisman does join.

We expect big pressure from day one at a price tag of £100million-plus, though.

Let’s wait and see if there are any more twists in this story first. The way things have been going it seems inevitable!