Brighton & Hove Albion will reportedly demand over £100 million for Moises Caicedo following Declan Rice’s imminent £105m transfer to Arsenal.
Arsenal are set to pay £100 million ($127m) up front to West Ham for Rice, plus £5m ($6.4m) in add-ons to land the England international. In the wake of the impending move to Arsenal, which may set a benchmark for transfer fees, the Seagulls have upped their price for Caicedo, as reported by The Telegraph.
Chelsea remain interested in Caicedo as they rebuild under Mauricio Pochettino, but they have to spend big to land the midfielder. The 21-year-old Ecuadorian is seen as comparable to Rice, but with the added advantage of being three years younger.
Brighton consider Caicedo to be on a similar level to Rice and will only let him leave for an enormous fee. Chelsea broke the British transfer record in January by signing Enzo Fernández from Benfica for £106m. With key midfielders like N’Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek leaving, Caicedo is a target for Chelsea to pair with Fernández in another high-profile transfer.
