As he approaches a British record £115 million transfer from Brighton, Moises Caicedo has finished his medical at Chelsea.
Monday morning, Caicedo traveled to the Chelsea practice facility for his medical, which he finished at noon.
According to reports, the Blues will pay a base sum of £100 million plus £15 million in performance-based bonuses.
The midfielder will commit to an eight-year deal with an additional year’s option.
As part of the $115 million deal to sell Caicedo, Brighton will have a sell-on clause that has been called “significant.”
The add-ons have been divided into two categories: those that are “quite easily achievable” and those that are “much harder” to complete.
Caicedo and Liverpool had an agreement in place for a £111 million transfer earlier this week, but the deal fell through after the 21-year-old told the club he wanted to join Chelsea.
Caicedo had been scheduled for a medical trip to Liverpool on Friday after Jurgen Klopp’s team had a bid accepted by Brighton after a deadline for bids on Thursday at midnight.
However, the Ecuadorian international had a change of heart and informed Liverpool that he did not want to join after the Reds’ 1-1 Premier League draw at Chelsea on Sunday.
“I’m desperate for him to come to Liverpool as the need for him there is probably greater,” said Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher. “It’s going to be a big blow.”
Caicedo, who Chelsea has been after all summer, chose to stay in London and made it clear that he only wanted to leave Brighton for Chelsea.
The £115 million fee surpasses the £106.8 million Chelsea paid for Enzo Fernandez in January, when they broke the British transfer record. Declan Rice cost Arsenal £105 million earlier this summer.
In spite of Liverpool and the Belgian having reached a £60 million deal, Chelsea is still pushing to sign Southampton’s Romeo Lavia this summer.
According to multiple reports, Liverpool and Southampton have reached an agreement for Romeo Lavia.
Chelsea is still trying to sign Lavia, though, and they were close to reaching an agreement with the Saints late last week.
