{"id":298098,"date":"2023-12-14T15:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298098"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:25:19","slug":"moises-caicedo-reveals-why-it-was-impossible-to-turn-down-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/moises-caicedo-reveals-why-it-was-impossible-to-turn-down-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Moises Caicedo reveals why it was &apos;IMPOSSIBLE&apos; to turn down Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Moises Caicedo reveals why it was &#8216;IMPOSSIBLE&#8217; for him to turn down a \u00a3115m record move to Chelsea&#8230; and explains why Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool were &#8216;too late&#8217; in trying to get him to Anfield<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moises Caicedo snubbed a move to Liverpool in favour of joining Chelsea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It has been a mixed start to life at Stamford Bridge &#8211; but he has no regrets\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A restless crowd and a club with the same old problems. Teams are racing past Crystal Palace&#8230; but what do Eagles fans want? &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moises Caicedo has detailed why he only had eyes for Chelsea &#8211; despite Liverpool making a late bid of more than \u00a3100million to get him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder was hot property in the summer, with Brighton resigned to the fact they were unable to keep him.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>&#8216;It was impossible to say not to Chelsea, because they were with me supporting me,&#8217; Caicedo told Sky Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the last moment\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0called me but it was [too] late because I wanted to play for Chelsea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/14\/78960925-12864209-image-a-20_1702563237884.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moises Caicedo only had eyes for Chelsea after interest from the Blues became apparent<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/14\/78960911-12864209-image-a-21_1702563240760.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Caicedo snubbed Liverpool and their boss Jurgen Klopp when they made a late move for him<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo added: &#8216;In the summer I suffered a lot because it was complicated to leave Brighton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo cannot hide away from the fact that he has struggled since swapping the south coast for south London.<\/p>\n<p>Those struggles prompted Klopp to have a pop at Caicedo, suggesting Liverpool dodged a bullet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The summer we had a few strange things happen in the transfer market but here, between us, I can say, &#8220;My god, were we lucky, eh?&#8221;,&#8217; Klopp said recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/14\/78960919-12864209-image-a-31_1702563608117.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Caicedo has struggled with life at Chelsea since making his record \u00a3115m move in the summer<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool manager added, jovially: &#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The Ecuador international&#8217;s progress hasn&#8217;t been helped by the fact that he frequently has to travel to South America for international duty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/14\/78960913-12864209-image-a-32_1702563616130.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has held one-to-one meetings in a bid to unlock Caicedo<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;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<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said recently of their meeting:\u00a0&#8216;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 &#8211; only in time can you adapt.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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,&#8217; he added in his conversation with Sky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s hard. It&#8217;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&#8217;re with me in good moments and bad moments.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo will be seeking a breakout display for struggling Chelsea this weekend when they take on relegation favourites Sheffield United.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12864209\/Moises-Caicedo-reveals-IMPOSSIBLE-turn-115m-record-Chelsea-explains-Jurgen-Klopp-Liverpool-late-trying-Anfield.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Moises Caicedo reveals why it was &#8216;IMPOSSIBLE&#8217; for him to turn down a \u00a3115m record move to Chelsea&#8230; and explains why Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/moises-caicedo-reveals-why-it-was-impossible-to-turn-down-chelsea\/\" title=\"Moises Caicedo reveals why it was &amp;apos;IMPOSSIBLE&amp;apos; to turn down Chelsea\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Moises Caicedo reveals why it was &amp;apos;IMPOSSIBLE&amp;apos; 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