{"id":29552,"date":"2025-04-18T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29552\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:38:11","slug":"chelsea-set-price-for-moises-caicedo-as-saudis-plot-mega-money-transfer-pursuit-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29552\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea \u2018set price\u2019 for Moises Caicedo as Saudis plot mega-money transfer pursuit | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> have reportedly landed on a ballpark asking price for Moises Caicedo<\/a> amid interest from Saudi Pro League<\/a> side Al-Nassr. Caicedo has been a mainstay this season, starting every Premier League<\/a> game for manager Enzo Maresca<\/a>, who believes him to be one of the best defensive midfielders on the planet.<\/p>\n

The Ecuadorian was always going to have to play out of his skin to repay the \u00a3115million<\/a> package Chelsea<\/a> agreed with Brighton<\/a> in the summer of 2023. Whether he has lived up to that lofty price tag is open for debate, but Caicedo is still regarded as a supreme Premier League talent who brings top-tier energy and tenacity to the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

That is at least the view of Al-Nassr, who are eyeing up the 23-year-old as a ‘dream’ signing for the summer transfer window. The Saudi side have cash to burn, as evidenced by their big-money moves for the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jhon Duran.<\/p>\n

And Chelsea<\/a>‘s resolve could be tested if it progresses to the point of money being put on the table. Caicedo has six years of his massive eight-year contract left to run, so the Blues are under no pressure to sell.<\/p>\n

But the prospect of banking a massive fee to fund other transfer endeavours could tempt senior figures at Stamford Bridge. According to The Telegraph<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a> chiefs are set to demand upwards of \u00a3100m to let go of Caicedo.<\/p>\n

Even that may be too small a fee in the eyes of Maresca, who holds the all-action star in particularly high esteem. “In this moment I think he is one of the best, or the best defensive midfielder in the world,” the Italian said earlier this month.<\/p>\n

“He is doing fantastic. The best thing about Moi is that everyday he is working seriously, he is very humble, very kind, he is polite, he is a fantastic guy.”<\/p>\n

One factor working in Chelsea<\/a>‘s favour with regard to keeping Caicedo is that they have a huge collection of other saleable assets. Among the valuable players out on loan are Axel Disasi, Joao Felix, Carney Chukwuemeka, Armando Broja, Raheem Sterling, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Renato Veiga.<\/p>\n

It would not be a major surprise to see all of them sold this summer in an effort to thin out Maresca’s bloated squad. And that would reduce pressure to sell first-team regulars like Caicedo, regardless of the sums Al-Nassr may be willing to pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have reportedly landed on a ballpark asking price for Moises Caicedo amid interest from Saudi Pro League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[17709,17707,885,6274,17708,6275,94,1628,17706,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-29552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-al-nassr","9":"tag-caicedo","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-chelsea-fc","12":"tag-chelsea-news","13":"tag-chelsea-transfer-news","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-moises-caicedo","16":"tag-saudi-pro-league","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114357594026121830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}