Kevin Campbell backs Arsenal’s pursuit of Moises Caicedo

Kevin Campbell has backed Arsenal’s pursuit of Brighton’s Moises Caicedo, as the midfielder tries to force through a move away from the Seagulls.

Arsenal has been named as one of the clubs with interest in the Ecuadorian after his fine start to this season in the Brighton side.

The youngster has been one of the key men for Roberto de Zerbi’s side, which has been overachieving for much of this campaign.

The Premier League side is reluctant to lose the midfielder and has turned down Arsenal’s first offer, but Campbell believes he is the right fit for the Gunners.

He said to Sky Sports:

“Signing Moises Caicedo would be really good for Arsenal. 

“He’s a young player who is very talented and knows the Premier League. I feel it’s one of the last spots in this Arsenal squad that fans are worried about if Thomas Partey got injured.

“So, they’re trying to address that situation. It’s going to be a tough run-in with Manchester City for the title. But if they get the correct pieces in, they’ll give themselves a good chance. It was a clever initial bid but it’s difficult for Brighton to sell now.”

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Caicedo has already emerged as one of the top players in the Premier League in his position and will do well on our books.

However, we must be prepared to break the bank to land him if we want to pull off the transfer this month.

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9 Comments

  1. BBC reporting (via Mail on Sunday) that Arsenal has submitted another bid of £70m.

    Although they said “Difficult to see how Brighton sell him now” you’d have to think that Brighton will have been looking at that issue over the last few days, negotiating with other clubs for a replacement (who will know they’re getting £60-£80m for Caicedo so it won’t be easy for Brighton).

  2. £70m? Now tabled by Arsenal to sign Brighton’s Dmf Moises Caicedo this winter winter? Waoh! That quite some huge amount of money that Arsenal have up to sign Caicedo. And I think Brighton who have a good transfer working relationship with Arsenal should collect the £70m.d. And allow Caicedo to join Arsenal immediately.

  3. £70m? Now tabled by Arsenal to sign Brighton’s Dmf Moises Caicedo this winter window? Waoh! That quite some huge amount of money that Arsenal have upped to sign Caicedo. And I think Brighton who have a good transfer working relationship with Arsenal should collect the £70m.d. And allow Caicedo to join Arsenal immediately.

  4. Break out the popcorn!! We are finally on track to sign a backup for Partey. A bit late though – I must admit.

    A whopping 80M; some will say it’s a panic-buy, a ransom or we were simply caught with our pants down…following Elneny’s injury. I still believe it will be worth it at the end of the season.

  5. He will not join i think as brighton wont sell. We should respect their decision. On the other hand, its always a bad sign when a player submit open goodbuys like van persie. I mean, he can do the same to arsenal near future.

  6. Anything more than £60 million certainly is way too expensive. and could well be panic …..

    How many Premier Leage starts has had? Yes, he is young and has huge potential and all that but this could backfire big time. Our memories of Pepe are still very fresh. Martial was bought for nearly 60 but never lived up to speculated levels consistent with his price? Of course he came from Lige 1 but still serves as good example…

    Only if we had lined up other cheaper and equally exciting options.

    1. 26 start in the PL for a team flying high.

      He’s also only 21 and is exactly what we need in terms of playing characteristics and position.

      There really aren’t that many players that can hit the ground running in the PL as a DM that can replace a Partey sized hole when an injury happens.

      Not sure what similarity he has to Pepe at all except for price. Pepe wasn’t actually all that bad. Top contributor for us one season before Saka took his spot for good.

  7. If Edu REALLY wants Caicedo, then he should just pay up ad stopping pissing around like he’s done before and wasted evryone’s time. We all know Bloom is the toughest negotiator around and wont budge. So either pay up the 80 mil or walk away right now and pursue other targets. Edu has previously leaned on agents’ word instead of gauging the club’s state of mind. By the look of things Bloom doesnt want to sell unless his 80 mil valuation is met.So Mr Gaspar should stop these silly games if he think Caicedo is not worth the 80 mil quoted.

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