The Ecuadorian moises caicedo he was very close to signing for him Arsenal during the last winter market. The young 21-year-old midfielder came to publicly state his intention to leave the Brighton & Hove Albion after the club rejected a first ‘Gunner’ offer of 70 million euros. The current leader of the Premier League went up to 80, but the ‘seagulls’ did not give up and Mikel Arteta had to settle for the arrival of Jorginhowho had lost prominence in recent months in the Chelsea.
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“It was only enough if they wanted half the player,” said the CEO of the Brighton, Paul Barberin an interview with the podcast ‘The Beautiful Game‘. “Jokes aside, we never give figures. It’s funny when we see them in the media because they haven’t come from us,” added the seagulls’ chief executive when asked about the proposal of the Arsenal.
Renewed until 2027
caicedowho was separated from the team until he clarified his situation, returned to training once the January window had ended and last March he ended up renewing his contract with the ‘seagulls’ until June 2027.
The one who did move to north London in January was the Belgian Leandro Trossardone of the best players in the Brighton in the first part of the season. “In the case of Leandro, he did a fantastic job for the club for several years and was our top scorer for the first half of the season. But he is 28 years old and his contract was close to expiration. If a big club, one more club big wanted to take it, as long as the price was right for us, as long as the contract was right for him and as long as the timing was right for us… We were open to negotiating,” he explained. Barber.
at the emirates, Trossard He has continued to grate at a high level and has become a regular in the lineups of Artetascoring one goal and giving six assists in the 12 games he has played with the Arsenal in all competitions.