Forged your thoughts again to this week final 12 months, which’ll absolutely go down as probably the most eventful one in every 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 fee with Brighton for the Ecuador star simply two days earlier than their opening match of the season in opposition to 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 in opposition to 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 mentioned: “I nonetheless bear in mind one 12 months in the past… tough choice, Liverpool is an enormous crew however Chelsea had been with me for a pair months and I felt like I couldn’t miss this transfer. They had been with me in powerful occasions; it was a tough choice… however 100% the correct one.”
🔵 Moises Caicedo: “I nonetheless bear in mind one 12 months in the past… tough choice, Liverpool is an enormous crew however Chelsea had been with me for a pair months and I felt like I couldn’t miss this transfer”.
“They had been with me in powerful occasions, it was a tough choice… however 100% the correct one”. pic.twitter.com/mQLiz2RDgg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 5, 2024
On the time, it was a dagger to Liverpool hearts to overlook out on Caicedo, who’d been so glorious for Brighton within the earlier marketing campaign and who appeared to be on his solution 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 just some days later, and over the season as an entire 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 closing desk, and that was even with our kind tailing off post-Easter and the west Londoners having fun with a powerful end, whereas we additionally acquired the higher of them within the Carabao Cup closing in February regardless of having a bunch of first-team regulars out injured.
Due to this fact, as a lot as Caicedo selecting Chelsea harm 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 strong 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 in opposition to the Reds!
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