[Albion] Where is Moises going? (Chelsea - 14/08/2023)

[The Optimist]

I just think we've been bidding for Colwill after Chelsea have been told not for sale. I get the point it's a different time of year. But not for sale in football world, never actually means not for sale. It's just means give us an offer we can't refuse.

I think we really did mean not for sale now, but obviously the summer is a different matter.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I think we really did mean not for sale now, but obviously the summer is a different matter.

OK, yes, I just think that if Arsenal had come back with £100m we'd have sold

 

[SeagullinExile]

OK, yes, I just think that if Arsenal had come back with £100m we'd have sold

I disagree. The club said he wasn’t for sale at any price in January.

 

[southstandandy]

Are we angrier with Arsenal for trying to buy Caicedo than we are with Chelsea for nicking an entire management team? Seems strange if we are.
Within the three choices, my preference would be:
1). He stays another year;
2). Arsenal;
3). Scumbag Chelsea.

This. Plus I think he would benefit being with us for one more year. He'll start nearly every match (barring inuries), get more Prem experience, and have a first taste of European football, on a better contract than he was on before.

Next summer he'll still only be 22 and could have the choice of more clubs I reckon.

 

[Bozza]

I disagree. The club said he wasn’t for sale at any price in January.

 

[CHAPPERS]

 

[perseus]

cf. stats https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/top-scorers/assists

 

[nwgull]

I just think we've been bidding for Colwill after Chelsea have been told not for sale. I get the point it's a different time of year. But not for sale in football world, never actually means not for sale. It's just means give us an offer we can't refuse.

We’ve only made the one bid of £30m for Caicedo to be fair.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

We’ve only made the one bid of £30m for Caicedo to be fair.

That is a lot of money for a player that is already on our books.

 

[nwgull]

That is a lot of money for a player that is already on our books.

Colwill obvs

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

That is a lot of money for a player that is already on our books.

It’s why man United walked away due to the complicated ownership structure, hadn’t realised the level of the complication to be fair!

 

[sparkie]

I'm convinced Colwill and Caicedo will not be playing for the same club next season.

I also know that by transfer deadline day we will be looking back on a great window.

 

[Justice]

I’d be surprised if Chelsea went back for anything Brighton this summer after last season’s disasters.

 

[nwgull]

I'm convinced Colwill and Caicedo will not be playing for the same club next season.

I also know that by transfer deadline day we will be looking back on a great window.

I don’t like judging a transfer window until a few months down the line. Pundits and fans will often say club x has had a good window on the basis that they’ve spent a load of money.

I bet loads thought that we’d had a bad summer window last year after selling our POTS, top scorer and one of the PL’s best defensive midfielders, and then replacing them with a load of players no one had heard of plus a couple of returning loaners.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I have it on good authority he is going to Leeds now they have been bought by the SF49ers they have squillions to spend

 

[Lawros Lip]

Rumours of Bayern would be good if true. Means he wouldn’t play against us or help accumulate points for rivals next season.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Rumours of Bayern would be good if true. Means he wouldn’t play against us or help accumulate points for rivals next season.

Yep. Once it became clear Rice wasn’t going there, it was always going to be an option. Apparently Tuchel isn’t pushing for him but I’m not sure that matters as I’m not sure how much longer he will be at Bayern anyway.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Yep. Once it became clear Rice wasn’t going there, it was always going to be an option. Apparently Tuchel isn’t pushing for him but I’m not sure that matters as I’m not sure how much longer he will be at Bayern anyway.

Yes Bayern would be perfect for us. Hate the thought of strengthening a team we're competing with

Though Tuchel has no real interest in playing a player under the age of 26, so I doubt it

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He's not an option then, is he?

What an utterly pointless thing to write. I thought journalists had to do several years of study and training?

Think about it. If you're a journalist, you wouldn't want to piss Newcastle United's owners off, would you?

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Think about it. If you're a journalist, you wouldn't want to piss Newcastle United's owners off, would you?

I hadn't thought of it in that light!