Chelsea broke the record for the most expensive transfer in the English Premier League, for the second time in a year, after announcing on Monday the signing of Ecuadorian midfielder Moisés Caicedo,
He Chelsea broke the record for the most expensive transfer in the premier leaguefor the second time in a year after announcing on Monday the signing of the Ecuadorian midfielder moises caicedocoming from Brighton & Hove Albionwith an eight-year contract.
The financial details were not officially disclosed, but the local press said that Chelsea will pay for Caicedo 115 million pounds (145.96 million dollars)eclipsing the record of 106 million pounds who paid to sign the world champion Enzo Fernandezcoming from Benfica in january.
“I’m so happy to join Chelsea! I’m so excited to be here at this great club and I didn’t have to think twice when Chelsea called me, I knew I wanted to sign for the club.”said caicedo in a statement. “Being here is a dream come true”he added.
The Ecuadorian international still had four years left on his contract with the Brighton, but had told the club that he wished to leave. He had been denied a motion in January when the Arsenal he tried to sign him and signed a contract extension in March.
caicedo was also the subject of a season-ending tug-of-war between Chelsea and Liverpoolwhose coach jurgen klopp said last week that the Merseyside club had reached an agreement with Brighton about the transfer of the 21-year-old player.
Chelsea He had several offers rejected by caicedo before Liverpool launched with his proposal, but the Ecuadorian decided to move to the team led by Mauricio Pochettino.
With the addition of caicedo, Chelsea has spent more than 1 billion dollars in player transfers since the club’s new owners, led by Todd Boehley and Clearlake Capitalthey completed their acquisition in May 2022.
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