Joy for Liverpool fans, tears for Chelsea fans; Caicedo transfer sets social media ablaze

Chelsea, a club with a notoriety for hijacking transfer deals of other clubs have been served a dose of their own medicine as Liverpool have upstaged them for the signature of highly sought-after Ecuadorian midfielder, Moises Caicedo.

Chelsea for weeks coveted the Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder with multiple bids rejected for the player.

In the early hours of Thursday, August 10, 2023 reports began to filter in that the West London club were on the cusp of an agreement with Brighton for Caicedo.

However by the close of day, Liverpool had overtaken them to seal a deal with Brighton and Caicedo.

Per reports from David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano who are the leading sources on transfer reports, Caicedo has travelled to Merseyside to undergo his medicals.

The deal according to Sky Sports will be worth £110M with the Ecuadorian set to sign a long-term deal with Liverpool.

On social media, Chelsea fans are being mocked by supporters of Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, and others for losing out on the player.

For some of these fans, the Caicedo deal represents the downfall of Chelsea as the club which once had the pull to attract some of Europe’s finest footballing talents.

Chelsea meanwhile are said to be targeting Belgian player of Ghanaian descent, Romeo Lavia from Southampton.

Already, a 45million euro bid from the two-time European champions has been turned down by Brighton who value him at 50million euro.

Read the comments below

Declan Rice wanted Arsenal: He went to Arsenal.

Jude Bellingham wanted Real Madrid: He went to Real Madrid

Kai Havertz wanted Arsenal: He went to Arsenal.

Mason Mount wanted United: He went to United.

Caicedo wanted to get out of Brighton and Chelsea thought he wanted them

— WelBeast (@WelBeast) August 11, 2023

Amazing to me that Caicedo and Rice and Enzo have all gone for more than Bellingham in the end.

— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) August 11, 2023

Not gonna lie, Chelsea bottled this Caicedo deal. Well played, Liverpool. Now their fans can shut up about “Klopp builds”. Proper checkbook manager. Two windows, two back to back 100m signings. Even Pep has only one 100m player. Lmao ????#GamePlan will be interesting today!

— Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo (@Fentuo_) August 11, 2023

Wait for Caicedo to pass the medical and sign the contract, that is when we will step up ankasa on this app. This fan base took the slightest opportunity to call us skint. Get ready for us cos we will be unbearable ankasa. For now all we are singing is… pic.twitter.com/EFaDmAet8W

— Collins Atta Poku (@PapaPoku) August 11, 2023

“Chelsea have not given up are still trying to beat Liverpool to Caicedo”

1% Chance 99% Faith ???? pic.twitter.com/d951tvidin

— Daebreak (@Daebreak01) August 11, 2023

It’s much worse because Caicedo is actually good https://t.co/pcEHTpedyb

— ∞ (@TheFalseNein) August 11, 2023

Caicedo is actually good so the feeling is different compared to Mudryktaryan cos we got Trossard at the end https://t.co/EtGLwp1yHJ

— S???? (@scrapytweets) August 11, 2023

Moisés Caicedo reportedly secured by Liverpool for £110 million in a British Transfer Record deal

I just watched his highlights and can authoritatively say that, Michael Essien will cost twice as much, £220 million pounds, in today's football market pic.twitter.com/T3Oc7uM4Wl

— Isaac 'Opeele' Boateng (@CoachOpeele) August 11, 2023

£110M for Moses Caicedo

Liverpool have that much money ? Wow pic.twitter.com/nZBh7unJt4

— Thierry Nyann ???????? (@nyannthierry) August 11, 2023

Caicedo to Liverpool? Chelsea thought they had a free run on Caicedo until a club with history, tradition and class walked into the negotiations room.

— WelBeast (@WelBeast) August 11, 2023