First it was revealed that Harry Kane had agreed to a move to Bayern, and then Liverpool seemingly completed a major deal – a historical one. As reported by David Ornstein of the Athletic, and others such as Fabrizio Romano, the Reds have agreed the transfer of Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a Premier League record of €127,000,000 (£110,000,000)!Brighton reportedly held an auction of sorts for the Ecuador midfielder’s services at midnight, with Liverpool winning the bidding for Caicedo’s signature, having bid €11,500,000 (£10,000,00) more than Chelsea.BREAKING: Liverpool have now agreed a British transfer record fee of £110M for Brighton’s Midfielder Moisés Caicedo 🔴pic.twitter.com/OLvC4rhLTg— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 11, 2023 All that remains is for the 21-year-old midfielder and the Reds management to agree on the terms of cooperation, but it should be only a formality so that the medicals could be done by the end of the day.For a long time, the Blues danced around with Caicedo, it was expected that in the end they would complete the transfer of the midfielder from Brighton, but Liverpool entered the negotiations at the last minute and was obviously very determined to finish the job. They eventually agreed to break the club record for the most expensive signing, previously held by Virgil van Dijk, as he was paid €84,650,000 to Southampton in January 2018.##NAJAVA_MECA_7424675##Caicedo will also become the most expensively paid player in the history of the Premier League, considering that Liverpool will break the record set by Chelsea last season for Enzo Fernandez, when the Blues paid 121,000,000 euros to Benfica. According to meticulously managed data on the specialized portal Transfermarkt, behind Caicedo and Fernandez are the transfers of Jack Grealish to Manchester City (117,600,000 euros) and Declan Rice to Arsenal this summer (116,600,000 euros), although West Ham could earn another 5,770,000 euros in bonuses, which will put him ahead of Grealish and Fernandez, but still behind Caicedo.Brighton thus made another fantastic deal, as they paid 5,000,000 euros to Independiente del Valle for the young midfielder in February 2021. Of course, they never made more money on one player, and they made several great deals in previous years, since they received 65,300,000 euros from Chelsea for the sale of Marc Cucurella, they sold Ben White to Arsenal for 58,500,000… Interestingly, Caicedo will once again share the dressing room and the field with the Argentinian national team player Alexis Mac Allister, who also moved from AmEx Stadium to Anfield this summer, but in a transfer worth 42,000,000 euros.##EDITORS_CHOICE##What do Liverpool get? A tireless midfielder who should be the new engine of Jurgen Klopp’s team. One of his greatest qualities at Brighton was to quickly win possession back to his team and start a new attack. In the following season, after he won the ball and started the attack, the Seagulls made 18 shots. According to that parameter, only Manchester City footballer Rodri was ahead of him.His defensive numbers from last season are truly incredible. He had 100 successful tackles, less only than João Palinha from Fulham (144), and he also recorded 56 interceptions, while only Declan Rice (63) had more. So he had an elite season as a defensive midfielder in the Premier League.Although he does not have too much experience (45 games in the PL), the fact that he missed only one match last year is also promising and indicates that he is not so prone to injuries, although he suffered a torn cruciate knee ligament as a youth (2017). However, since turning professional, Caicedo has only missed seven matches at Independiente and one at Brighton (due to illness).The Reds thus reconstructed the midfield, since after the departures of Fabinho (Al-Ittihad), Jordan Henderson (Al-Etifaq) and Naby Keita (Werder Bremen), they brought in Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and now agreed on the transfer of Moises Caicedo.Roberto Firmino (Al-Ahli), James Milner (Brighton) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (free agent) also left the club, while Fabio Carvalho (Leipzig), Sepp van den Berg (Mainz), Calvin Ramsey (Preston) and Rhys Williams (Aberdeen) left on loans. The Reds earned 60,700,000 euros, and the total expenditure after Caicedo will be slightly less than 240,000,000 euros.
