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The rivalry between Chelsea and Liverpool heightens with summer transfer’s twist and turn

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August 10, 2023

Cyril Dibia

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The National Daily newspaper reports that there has been twist and turn in Chelsea and Liverpool transfers.

Chelsea have maintained their intent to bring Brighton’s Moises Caicedo to Stamford Bridge to bolster their midfield options. Similarly, Liverpool have considered same gesture with Southampton’s Romeo Lavia.

Previous reports have indicated that the Blues are set to hijack Lavia’s transfer after offering £48m to the Saints on Wednesday evening to outbid Liverpool for the transfer of the 19-year-old.

Now the National Daily newspaper reports that Chelsea’s move for Moises Caicedo is in danger of also being hijacked by Liverpool who have outbid their Premier League rivals.

Chelsea boss Maurcio Pochettino’s made Caicedo his No.1 target to bolster his engine room after losing the likes of Mason Mount, N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic this summer.

The club had been confident of finally reaching an agreement with Brighton after submitting an £80million bid last week which still fell significantly short of the Seagulls’ £100m valuation.

But Chelsea’s hopes of concluding the deal for Caicedo in time for their first game of the season against Liverpool, this weekend have now hit a major stumbling block with the Reds set to gazump the deal for the Ecuadorian according to The Telegraph.