Chelsea’s attempts to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton had seemed to become a little dead in the water, with other top clubs including Arsenal wanting to sign him as well.
However, there have been some major developments in that story this afternoon from some top sources which puts Chelsea well and truly back in the running to sign the Ecuadorian international.
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First of all, it looks like Arsenal have cooled their interest in signing Caicedo, which means there is one less club for Chelsea to worry about in terms of competition for his signature.
As well as that, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has posted some further positive news on Chelsea’s pursuit, naming them frontrunners to sign Caicedo.
And then, insider The Secret Scout has posted an update on top of all of that saying that Caicedo actually wants to join Chelsea, which if course puts them in a perfect standpoint in negotiations.