[Albion] Moises Caicedo - New contract signed until summer 2027 with 1 year extra option.

[Clive Walker]

If somehow we surpass all expectations and bag a top 4 spot then might be a slim chance he stays on an improved contract I guess.

im convinced he'll be gone in the next 6-8 months regardless

 

[Silverhatch]

Is everyone resigned to losing him in the summer, if not sooner?
He always looks to be enjoying himself and surely there is money for a better pay deal and there may even be European games to come.
Or am I just being optimistic??

If Brighton make him our first £100,000 a week player on a 10-year contract, and we have European football then he might be minded to stay another season. Same goes for World Cup winner AliMac. But of course, the club will then be getting into Leicester City territory and they’re dealing with the fallout from that strategy right now. Glad I’m not our billionaire fan chairman. It must be a head f***.

 

[The Wizard]

im convinced he'll be gone in the next 6-8 months regardless

As am I: but we have nothing to lose by keeping him till the summer, on the off chance we do get a European spot it’s worth keeping him that extra 6 months.

Moises is a very humble guy, I can’t see him throwing a tantrum yet.

 

[Berty23]

Surely Man City are the only team where it might be tricky to argue that Caicedo improves them. Therefore it seems impossible we keep him longer than the summer. I am convinced he is going to the top. Just an amazing talent.

 

[trueblue]

This is part of their tactic...

Chelsea: Leak stories to certain journos that a bid is imminent and player is pushing for the move.

Chelsea: Put in an insulting offer.

Brighton: Rejected.

Chelsea: Put in a second insulting offer.

Brighton: Rejected.

Chelsea: Oh, we have other targets we are looking to pursue, Brighton have overvalued the player, we will not be held to ransom, on to next target.

Player: Transfer request

Brighton: Rejected

Chelsea: New bid.

Precisely. And they’re throwing out loads of names in the hope that one of their targets will become unsettled. Matt Law at the Telegraph appears to be Chelsea’s unofficial spokesman. He’s dropped Mac Allister into his latest Stamford Bridge bulletin too, just to cover all bases. This pisses me off far more than anything else. We can’t do much about the rich clubs flexing their muscles but the way they go about it stinks.

 

[dazzer6666]

If Brighton make him our first £100,000 a week player on a 10-year contract, and we have European football then he might be minded to stay another season. Same goes for World Cup winner AliMac. But of course, the club will then be getting into Leicester City territory and they’re dealing with the fallout from that strategy right now. Glad I’m not our billionaire fan chairman. It must be a head f***.

Chairman isn't wired like that at all......for him it's simply a calm progression of the long term strategy. Find an unpolished diamond, polish it, sell it for an absolute fortune whilst in the meantime finding and polishing another one (or growing his own in the academy) - and most of the time (accepting it won't be all the time) the replacement being better than the one being replaced. Rinse and repeat.

 

[Silverhatch]

Chairman isn't wired like that at all......for him it's simply a calm progression of the long term strategy. Find an unpolished diamond, polish it, sell it for an absolute fortune whilst in the meantime finding and polishing another one (or growing his own in the academy) - and most of the time (accepting it won't be all the time) the replacement being better than the one being replaced. Rinse and repeat.

I implicitly get that. The point I was trying to make is that Bloom is a MASSIVE Brighton fan too and despite his wiring there must be a part of him that screams f*** off when every wannabe gobshite on twitter links our players with ‘bigger’ clubs. It may just be for a second but surely he does it.

 

[Icy Gull]

I implicitly get that. The point I was trying to make is that Bloom is a MASSIVE Brighton fan too and despite his wiring there must be a part of him that screams f*** off when every wannabe gobshite on twitter links our players with ‘bigger’ clubs. It may just be for a second but surely he does it.

True and then his eyes go into fruit machine mode

 

[southstandandy]

I'll take Mudryk and Sterling if Chelsea want Caicedo.

 

[dazzer6666]

I'll take Mudryk and Sterling if Chelsea want Caicedo.

...and Colwill. 3-for-1 deal, take it or leave it

 

[southstandandy]

Crazy really. We have this conveyor belt of glittering talent, but as soon as they emerge into the spotlight they are snatched away by one of the bigger fishes. Why would a young lad from a small town in Ecuador, who had never heard of Brighton two years ago, feel like he has to stay? The sad reality is that the money men will get Moises before long and then we start to worry about Mitoma, Ferguson, MacAllister and so it goes on. We just have to hope the scouting team keep pulling rabbits out of hats and eventually we make so much money that we become a shark instead of a promising little Angel fish.

Agreed, but surely it would be cheaper for Chelsea to go and get players like Caicedo before us. Would save them a fortune. Man Utd could have had him 2 years ago but messed about and missed out. Chelsea should do some homework and copy our strategy.

 

[dazzer6666]

More desperate uninformed shite from Billy Bullshit

 

[Swansman]

Agreed, but surely it would be cheaper for Chelsea to go and get players like Caicedo before us. Would save them a fortune. Man Utd could have had him 2 years ago but messed about and missed out. Chelsea should do some homework and copy our strategy.

They're already doing that, signing some second division Brazilian before this transfer window.

Historically, PL teams haven't bothered with SA talents before they prove themselves in another European league. Too much hassle with scouting, work permits, dealing with wonky ownerships and adapting these youngsters to England. Think that is about to slowly change however, but Brighton seem to be in the drivers seat when it comes to picking up good SA talent (except for Brazilians as they are quite expensive).

 

[Littlemo]

Agreed, but surely it would be cheaper for Chelsea to go and get players like Caicedo before us. Would save them a fortune. Man Utd could have had him 2 years ago but messed about and missed out. Chelsea should do some homework and copy our strategy.

This is why I thought they got Potter and the team tbh. They have that academy but the majority of the players never make it through to the first team. Sure people will point to Mount, James etc but they have barely a handful who have made it and that more luck and a transfer embargo, than design.

My thought was that Potter was hired to start bringing them through, and getting more out of the academy and into the first team. The problem is that fans might like it but aren’t willing to accept the time it takes to make it happen.

 

[Swansman]

This is why I thought they got Potter and the team tbh. They have that academy but the majority of the players never make it through to the first team. Sure people will point to Mount, James etc but they have barely a handful who have made it and that more luck and a transfer embargo, than design.

My thought was that Potter was hired to start bringing them through, and getting more out of the academy and into the first team. The problem is that fans might like it but aren’t willing to accept the time it takes to make it happen.

Remains to be seen if they're going to do like any sensible club and completely ignore the fans.

 

[raymondo]

good news if true. Im still astounded at Chelsea's initial offer. Bothe Potter and Winstanley know what we might value Moises at and it certainly isn't close to what they supposedly offered,

Just an opener to unsettle the lad, and entice his agent IMO.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I'll take Mudryk and Sterling if Chelsea want Caicedo.

Potter doesn’t even like wingers! He’d probably agree to that deal if he had any sort of influence in Chelsea’s transfers rather than the none at all he has at the moment.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Agreed, but surely it would be cheaper for Chelsea to go and get players like Caicedo before us. Would save them a fortune. Man Utd could have had him 2 years ago but messed about and missed out. Chelsea should do some homework and copy our strategy.

They probably will now , considering Winstanley has joined the traitor exodus !!

 

[dazzer6666]

 

[Swansman]

Potter doesn’t even like wingers! He’d probably agree to that deal if he had any sort of influence in Chelsea’s transfers rather than the none at all he has at the moment.

Strange since he has been using wingers frequently in all of his clubs so far.