Caicedo Retains His Dream Transfer Wish, Can’t Wait For Summer
In the recently concluded winter transfer window, Arsenal’s two large bids of £60 million and £70 million for Moises Caicedo were rejected by Brighton.
The big question among Arsenal fans following the winter transfer window is whether Arsenal will still make another bid for Moises Caicedo. According to Sport Witness, the Brighton man believes Arsenal will bid for him in the summer. In fact, the 21-year-old believes that two unnamed clubs other than Arsenal will be ready to bid for him in the summer.
“They are likely to be back in the summer transfer window, and Caicedo ‘knows’ that there are three confirmed teams that ‘will bid’ for him at the end of the season,” says Sean Lunt on Sport Witness.
“Brighton, meanwhile, know that they ‘have no choice but to sell him’, setting up another potential saga after the one last month.”
The fact that Arsenal was willing to pay more than £60 million for Caicedo indicates that he is Arteta’s ideal midfielder. If Lunt’s claims are true, Arsenal may have no choice but to make a big bid for Caicedo once the summer transfer window opens, as two other clubs will be willing to do so.
Do you think Arsenal will go back for Caicedo in the summer?
Sam P
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When the summer window arrives, the gaffer and sporting director will assess what is needed for the team and go from there.
Yes
Everytime I’ve watched Brighton over the last 12 months ,two players have always stood out .. Trossard and Caicedo,we already have one why not the other .
Bigger question should be
“Should we try and sign Brightons scouts in the summer “
not that makes more sense
They are already at Chelsea. Potter brought them there with himself.
It’s not only about the scouts. It’s about luck in most cases. And these things go in cycles. We used to the same during wengers time.
Leeds back in the day.
West Ham back in the day.
I remember Southampton back in the day also having their time with the likes of Walcott, lallana, The Ox, Luke Shaw, manager Pochettino.
Then Leicester as recently as 2016. And didn’t we then nick their chief scout? And he had done fck all for us ever since.
Now it’s Brighton’s turn.
In a few seasons it will be another smaller club’s turn.
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I agree 100% with you goonster and arsenal maybe just isn’t in the position anymore to buy a lot of 3-5 mio players and taking a risk with them and giving them enough playing time, i prefer to give our youths that chance if some are injured, brighton are in a position to take that risk but the top clubs cannot do that anymore, i mean one two martinellis is possible but they cannot build the team with that scouting tactic
DK, I say no. In the summer there will be more options including Rice at almost same quoted price.
It depends on the kids mental health. To stop a young player the way Brighton did is brutal – and inhuman. But understandable. The talent is floating out of the club in a worrying way, and they wanted to stop it. Hopefully Caicedo will accept the situation, play well and attract top teams in the summer, The best for everybody.
Absolutely not, IMO Brighton was surely in the right, i am not blaming arsenal or caciedo everybody tries to do transfers that way now, but Caciedo has a contract with Brighton and its surely in their right to decline selling in january, they can even demand that he stays 2 years before they sell, he signed the contract and just because he was a revelation they dont have the obligation to let him leave, I dont understand how you deem it inhuman.. i am sure if arsenal was in the role of Brighton like with cesc etc. you would deem cesc or the buying team inhuman..
“Brutal and inhuman”? What way overstated nonsense. It is business ,no less, no more!
Not worth 75 million, move on
We need a long term backup/replacement for partey. Ideally someone who allows us to compete on all fronts. Not a jorginho fan tbh but hea clearly has something. Even though he is getting on he is a good stop gap imho and will allow us to compete for all 4 cups at a high level next season
His price tag seems similar to Rice’s, so I’d prefer a homegrown CDM if possible. Bissouma was raved before Caicedo became famous and Bissouma should’ve cost more since he’s way more experienced
Sambi-Lokonga will return to Arsenal next season and we’ll still have Partey/ Jorginho, so better invest the money in other position. If Saka or Saliba won’t extend their contracts, we’d need a decent amount of money to replace them
On current form yes, but Rice should continue to be our top target.
This season”s winter transfer window in which ARsenal have signed 3 top quality new players, loaned out 3 top first teamers and missed out on 2 attempts to sign 2 new top quality new players at 2 different clubs, has just ended.
Therefore, I don’t think the Arsenal transfer windows team are still busy thinking on Arsenal transfers now. Or occupying themselves with Arsenal next summer transfer window deals doing. But are resting and taking a timeout to repercurate from the strenuous hard work that they had put in to get 3 incomings and 3 outgoings transfer done for the club in the last winter window.
As for Moises Caicedo, I think Arsenal 2 failed bids to sign him last Jan window. But were turned down by his club side Brighton. Could be a huge huge opportunity that was missed by him in his lifetime to join Arsenal. Albeit by his Brighton club blocking him.
For Caicedo, I think it is pathetic if Brighton will not start paying the Arsenal wages that he would have been collecting had he not been blocked by Brighton from Joining Arsenal last winter transfer window. But if Brighton will immediately start paying to him the Arsenal wages that Brighton made him to missed getting. Them Caicedo should be contented.
But besides, had Arsenal ever before gone back the next window on a player who they wanted to sign the previous window? Or which due to one reason or the other they missed out on signing him?
If Arsenal have done this before, I will say they may go back next summer to again attempt to sign Caicedo. But if not as I think it’ll likely be the case. It will be once lost an opportunity, it’s never be regained in life for Caicedo.
Would rather spend that chunk on a Rice as a home grown then if there are Brighton players to sign I’d rather
Mac Allister and Mitoma
Rice all day long for me can’t see Arsenal trying for both although think we have lost the opportunity to get caicedo can see chelski getting him in the summer!
Maybey we need a creative midfielder more along Öde
OT: Balogun score a hat-trick last night,he is now la Ligue 1 top scorer with 14 goals!his 3rd was a lovely volley(half- volley).
While Rice has more strings to his bow than Caicedo, it appears Arteta is smitten by the Brighton man who has a distinct tendency to be over rash in his tackling.Indeed, I believe he is in the top three in terms of fouls committed this season.A lot of water will flow between now and the end of the season and others with deeper pockets may also consider Rice and Caicedo to be priority targets.
I like Caicedo of course after Rice but these potentially Chelsea-type buys are very annoying. We can’t go for both.
The Arsenal scouts need to learn from Brighton the A, B, Cs of talent identification and clever transfers. Just got this feeling that our team of scouts is gropping in the dark at the moment.
Chelsea and Man u are there to take care of these weirdly priced players
It will be very interesting to see if we go back in for him in the summer or turn our attention to Rice, where other teams might enter the fray turning it into bidding wars which we apparently don’t want to be involved in.
If I was to hedge my bet, I think Zubimendi, provided he would be willing to join us would be the most likely out of the three players given his release clause makes things more straight forward from negotiation stand point and he is the best the fit in terms of type of player Arteta likes to fit his system with his passing ability and mobility plus he has some CL experience too.
I will like that zumnemdi guy in LA liga bcos when the season comes to an end a lot if club we come rushing for rice n arsenal I know will not chase a guy that everyone is rushing after n d fee will be high
Charlie Patino anyone?