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[Albion] Moises Caicedo - New contract signed until summer 2027 with 1 year extra option.
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Weststander
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The problem with having a pool of clients of …. just one (if you disregard the unknowns) … meant that they wanted their first big pay day and now. Edu played them like a violin.
But not one of them banked on Tony Bloom doing a levy.
It seems a VERY long contract extension if it's purely to bump the price up £20m and give him a short term wage boost.
In the case of the most frequently linked English suitor, Arsenal supposedly would like Rice and Caicedo too. Rice is being widely touted as an £80m player, which doesn't seem unreasonable. He's closer to his prime, has almost 200 PL games under his belt, European experience and is a lynchpin of a national team that's among the best in the world right now.
There's not much to suggest Albion would settle for much less than £80m for Caicedo so, at this point, he just doesn't look good value at that price compared to Rice or players that might be available from abroad. I think It's difficult to see how the figures stack up for an immediate move at the price Albion can now demand. Months of speculation is the only thing that's guaranteed, I imagine.
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Well Tony turned down a £70m bid for him with the contract situation as it was before.
Now if someone wants him sure as eggs are eggs they are going to have to go north of that figure now.
Now if someone wants him sure as eggs are eggs they are going to have to go north of that figure now.
Exactly. Which, for any rational purchaser, does make him over-priced currently, even though he's excellent with boundless potential. There are some irrational purchasers we should probably worry about though.
It is unreasonable. I’m with Simon Jordan on this. Rice is overrated and will prove it to us tomorrow.
I believe that Caicedo is the next level from to Rice.
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Weststander
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I think Rice will move for £100m to £120m. Boehly’s altered the landscape, Manure may about to be bought by a petro dollars state (allegedly a fund thereof) and in a year’s time CL money increases by 47%. Add the homegrown player premium.
Excellent. I'm sort of resigned to World Cup winner Mac moving on in the summer - hopefully to a decent club like Liverpool or one of the Mancs rather than London rubbish - but Moises is three years younger - he's got time on his side, and can afford to stay with us for one more season before joining the £5M+ a year multi-millionaires' club.
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HastingsSeagull
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Whatever the conspiracy theories, can we all just agree this is the best fecking news in a long time. Well done Tony!
AmexRuislip
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¡Moisés Caicedo también factura! El millonario salario del ecuatoriano con su nuevo contrato en el Brighton
El buen rendimiento de ‘Moi’ con la Tricolor en el Mundial de Qatar 2022 y en la Premier League han hecho que el Brighton mejore su salario.
www.metroecuador.com.ec
Interesting view from Equador media, providing it translates for you.....
Weststander
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By Christian Escobar, former enforcer for Pablo.¡Moisés Caicedo también factura! El millonario salario del ecuatoriano con su nuevo contrato en el Brighton
El buen rendimiento de ‘Moi’ con la Tricolor en el Mundial de Qatar 2022 y en la Premier League han hecho que el Brighton mejore su salario.
Interesting view from Equador media, providing it translates for you.....
Mackenzie
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Just home from work, that was unexpected news.
Very happy with this.
Very happy with this.
Hudson Hawk
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We haven't got enough songs for players as it is, he can't go anywhere!
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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He’s so salty
Silverhatch
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A few points:
Caicedo may have taken a stand himself. You can tell your agent to do one. I have.
We (long-suffering) Brighton fans struggle with this, but we might just be THE most exciting (non-behemoth) club in world football right now. If RDZ can work his alchemy then this squad can really start to throw some punches. Caicedo may just have looked around the changing room and thought, “f*** this” I like it here, I like my teammates and we’re REALLY good with the potential to be very special.
Despite what the TWATTERATI say, Caicedo was not being paid in bowls of Plantains. He’s now got a contract for another 4 years on a very big uptick with loads of performance related kickers. His family/village are set for life. Ecuador is not a wealthy society.
The club showed how unrelenting they can be this winter in rejecting advances that are not right for the Albion. His advisers will have absolutely taken this into consideration when proposing this new contract to their 21-year-old, still developing client.
Two fabulous world class seasons at the Amex could see the bloke leave for the biggest state-owned clubs in the world and he’d still only be 23!! Or, he might even stay to help Brighton in their Champions League campaign
Caicedo may have taken a stand himself. You can tell your agent to do one. I have.
We (long-suffering) Brighton fans struggle with this, but we might just be THE most exciting (non-behemoth) club in world football right now. If RDZ can work his alchemy then this squad can really start to throw some punches. Caicedo may just have looked around the changing room and thought, “f*** this” I like it here, I like my teammates and we’re REALLY good with the potential to be very special.
Despite what the TWATTERATI say, Caicedo was not being paid in bowls of Plantains. He’s now got a contract for another 4 years on a very big uptick with loads of performance related kickers. His family/village are set for life. Ecuador is not a wealthy society.
The club showed how unrelenting they can be this winter in rejecting advances that are not right for the Albion. His advisers will have absolutely taken this into consideration when proposing this new contract to their 21-year-old, still developing client.
Two fabulous world class seasons at the Amex could see the bloke leave for the biggest state-owned clubs in the world and he’d still only be 23!! Or, he might even stay to help Brighton in their Champions League campaign
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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There’s lots of ifs, buts, and maybes to this… He might have decided to stay with us or he might still be off in the summer. But however you look at it this is absolutely check mate by Tony Bloom. Either we keep a fantastic player or we get top dollar for him.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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The only possible negative to this is that as others have said
maybe there’s still a player there who wants to leave, but more bad advice from his agents has meant accepting the money in a new contract (because they’re so money hungry) but overall it hurts his chances of leaving & will upset the player in the long run.
Maybe something along those lines could be true but I would say even the most naive player would see a contract extension as a backward step if they were chasing a move…
Hopefully it’s many more years of Caicedo!!
maybe there’s still a player there who wants to leave, but more bad advice from his agents has meant accepting the money in a new contract (because they’re so money hungry) but overall it hurts his chances of leaving & will upset the player in the long run.
Maybe something along those lines could be true but I would say even the most naive player would see a contract extension as a backward step if they were chasing a move…
Hopefully it’s many more years of Caicedo!!
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one tackle away from a career ending injury, that it was immoral to make him a prisoner and deny him a title at Arse. Some barely veiled affection for Arse?
Definitely not me
I think I am on record somewhere on here saying I want Man City to win the league. If he’s a prisoner on all that cash, I wish I was one as well! I only meant when you were saying about staying and him planning for a move in 2-3 years that I am not sure players can afford to not take opportunities when they come. Even mundane things like them losing form or someone better coming through in your position, or the team you want to go to getting someone else for that position. Lots of things mean that thinking like that is a bit difficult as a player.
I would love to see him and Mac stay if we got Europe, it might be enough to get another year or two with them, as it’s a chance for them to compete and I’d back us to do well in Europe if we can get there.