{"id":296888,"date":"2023-12-14T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296888"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:25:14","slug":"moises-caicedo-reveals-why-it-was-impossible-to-turn-down-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/moises-caicedo-reveals-why-it-was-impossible-to-turn-down-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Moises Caicedo reveals why it was 'IMPOSSIBLE' to turn down Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Moises Caicedo has detailed why he only had eyes for Chelsea – despite Liverpool making a late bid of more than \u00a3100million to get him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The midfielder was hot property in the summer, with Brighton resigned to the fact they were unable to keep him.<\/p>\n
That news caused a bidding war and after months of negotiations Chelsea were able to see off Liverpool to make Caicedo the most expensive player in British football history at \u00a3115m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘It was impossible to say not to Chelsea, because they were with me supporting me,’ Caicedo told Sky Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘In the last moment\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0called me but it was [too] late because I wanted to play for Chelsea.’<\/p>\n
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Moises Caicedo only had eyes for Chelsea after interest from the Blues became apparent<\/p>\n
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Caicedo snubbed Liverpool and their boss Jurgen Klopp when they made a late move for him<\/p>\n
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Caicedo added: ‘In the summer I suffered a lot because it was complicated to leave Brighton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘They were with me, and in the last moment Liverpool called me but it was [too] late because I wanted to play for Chelsea. It was tough to say no to Chelsea.’<\/p>\n
Caicedo cannot hide away from the fact that he has struggled since swapping the south coast for south London.<\/p>\n
Those struggles prompted Klopp to have a pop at Caicedo, suggesting Liverpool dodged a bullet.<\/p>\n
‘The summer we had a few strange things happen in the transfer market but here, between us, I can say, “My god, were we lucky, eh?”,’ Klopp said recently.<\/p>\n
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Caicedo has struggled with life at Chelsea since making his record \u00a3115m move in the summer<\/p>\n
‘We didn\u2019t know that in that moment and it didn\u2019t feel like it in that moment, but yeah, I\u2019m really happy that it worked out, but you never know before.’<\/p>\n
The Liverpool manager added, jovially: ‘We obviously realised that other central defensive midfielders don\u2019t want to join Liverpool, you see what happens, and then we found [Wataru] Endo. He\u2019s an exceptional player.’<\/p>\n
Caicedo has struggled to the point Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino held a one-to-one meeting in a bid to get to the root of the problem recently.<\/p>\n
The Ecuador international’s progress hasn’t been helped by the fact that he frequently has to travel to South America for international duty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition, Caicedo has had to contend with a knee problem and Pochettino stressed he needs to be given time to hit the heights that he reached at Brighton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has held one-to-one meetings in a bid to unlock Caicedo<\/p>\n
It’s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n Pochettino said recently of their meeting:\u00a0‘Before this press conference, he was in my office for 20 minutes. It is easy because we speak Spanish. It is a subconscious process and that is a problem – only in time can you adapt.’\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Right now, this is a bad time for me, and my family is suffering a lot because they read and listen to the things people say about me that are not good,’ he added in his conversation with Sky.<\/p>\n ‘It’s hard. It’s hard for me. I try to be strong, because football is like this. I am prepared for this. I try to help them in every single way, because they’re with me in good moments and bad moments.’<\/p>\n Caicedo will be seeking a breakout display for struggling Chelsea this weekend when they take on relegation favourites Sheffield United.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n