Solid your thoughts again to this week final 12 months, which’ll certainly go down as probably the most eventful certainly one of Moises Caicedo’s life to date.
As Liverpool scrambled round for a defensive midfield recruit following Fabinho’s abrupt exit to Al-Ittihad, the Reds agreed a £111m charge with Brighton for the Ecuador star simply two days earlier than their opening match of the season towards Chelsea.
Then, in an ironic twist, the Blues gazumped us 24 hours later by providing £115m, with the deal being accomplished the day after our 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
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Caicedo largely struggled in his first 12 months in west London, though an improved end to the marketing campaign was characterised by an astonishing 50-yard purpose towards Bournemouth on the ultimate day.
As per Fabrizio Romano, the 22-year-old has no regrets about selecting Chelsea over Liverpool, though he did admit that it was a tricky name between the 2 golf equipment.
The midfielder stated: “I nonetheless bear in mind one 12 months in the past… tough choice, Liverpool is a giant crew however Chelsea have been with me for a pair months and I felt like I couldn’t miss this transfer. They have been with me in powerful instances; it was a tough choice… however 100% the precise one.”
🔵 Moises Caicedo: “I nonetheless bear in mind one 12 months in the past… tough choice, Liverpool is a giant crew however Chelsea have been with me for a pair months and I felt like I couldn’t miss this transfer”.
“They have been with me in powerful instances, it was a tough choice… however 100% the precise one”. pic.twitter.com/mQLiz2RDgg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 5, 2024
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On the time, it was a dagger to Liverpool hearts to overlook out on Caicedo, who’d been so wonderful for Brighton within the earlier marketing campaign and who appeared to be on his option to Anfield earlier than Chelsea muscled in with a barely bigger bid.
Removed from wallowing in self-pity, although, the Reds accomplished a £16m deal for Wataru Endo only a few days later, and over the season as a complete it turned out to symbolize far higher worth than the Ecuadorian’s transfer to Stamford Bridge.
LFC completed three locations and 19 factors forward of the Blues within the ultimate desk, and that was even with our kind tailing off post-Easter and the west Londoners having fun with a robust end, whereas we additionally bought the higher of them within the Carabao Cup ultimate in February regardless of having a number of first-team regulars out injured.
Subsequently, as a lot as Caicedo selecting Chelsea damage 12 months in the past, Liverpool needn’t have any regrets about how occasions transpired, with the additions of 4 different midfielders galvanising Jurgen Klopp’s squad and serving to to supply Arne Slot a stable base from which to construct this time period.
Let’s simply hope the ex-Brighton man doesn’t come again to hang-out us within the type of a decisive purpose towards the Reds!
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