After an unbelievably dramatic day in the Moises Caicedo saga, the midfielder now looks set to join Liverpool after the Reds made a decisive late swoop to secure the Brighton player.
As recently as this morning the reports were that late interest from Liverpool wasn’t going to be enough to disrupt Chelsea’s significant lead in the race to sign him.
The Blues had pursued Caicedo all summer, and despite making little progress in recent weeks, looked very likely to eventually concede and pay the £100m or so that Brighton wanted.
But Liverpool have clearly been lying in wait, and judged this the moment to strike. The reports from TalkSport say that Jurgen Klopp’s team will pay the money Brighton want, and are keen to sort a medical for Caicedo as soon as possible to seal this coup quickly.
If it happens, it leaves Chelsea in a big hole. They’ve sold their midfield, chased one star all summer, then failed to buy him.