Yeah but @Maluco and I were specifically talking about academy products.
I don't think Arsenal's bid went higher than 65M.
Even IF they agreed a sale tomorrow, it will still take at least a month to pass the PL owner checks
No need to scream
They’re working on tweaking this feature in time for the Perseus 2 release
Comforting! My ears are still crying like little children that got barked at by the neighbours big dog.
It does seem inevitable to be honest. They should just stump up the 100m and get it over and done with. The only reason they won't is if they can't afford it - in which case the move won't happen anyway.
If you look at his goal and assist numbers the season before and compare them with this season's numbers and minutes played, it's quite clear he regressed statistically.
0.83 NPxG+xA per 90 in 21/22, 0.74 NPxG+xA per 90 in 22/23.
Buying a player for 4m and selling him for 104m would represent a 100m profit over a record (short) time.
He’s a very good player but now you’re being ridiculous.
I have seen Arsenal twitter accounts peddle the CL clubs thing but it’s been reported that Caicedo has no clauses in his contract, just a verbal agreement that Brighton will let him leave if a reasonable offer comes for him. Obviously what constitutes to reasonable might differ between Chelsea, Caicedo and Brighton but at the moment Brighton are sticking to their £100M valuation.
Seems like chelsea are close to agreeing the term with brighton. Otherwise i doubt caicedo openly admit he want to join chelsea. Dont think its a move to force brighton but merely confirm deal is close in my opinion.
Haahahaha
It’s a sad state of affairs kids these days view clubs like them that way. It’ll be the same with City. What a sad, depressing thought.
well that's one out of 3 correct
The figures for holding midfielders or players that don’t add that much at the top end of the pitch is insane. That’s top striker money for me, I know that’s a 5 year old view now but still holds true. We need to spend that cash on a recruitment team not a midfielder.
One season on double/triple your money is a big deal coupled with London living. No one is staying at Brighton if Chelsea come along.
I can't argue with the London living bit, but I'm not so sure about your salary point. If they put him on Enzo money (>=300k) then I agree with you, but if his agent can only get him 180-200k because there's not a competitive bidding process, then I think this becomes a bad deal for Caicedo over the length of his contract. Edit: Especially given the risk involved in going to Chelsea right now.
How many Chelsea players do you think actually live in London - I'd guess at very few, most probably live in leafy Surrey
He will be paid handsomely. Our outgoing player weekly wages are cleaned up.
To be fair this is how chelsea is viewed in most spheres. It's been about 20 years since their takeover. In that time they've won a fair few PL's, CL x 2 and a fair few cups along the way. They have a very large global fanbase. By any metric they are a big team at this point. With regards to history, again they've been successful for about 20 years. Caicedo is himself 21. Do you really think a footballer cares about what a club was up to before they were even born?
Beautiful post. Not that big though.
Dreamed of playing for man United
