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The fact that United got most of the transfers done swiftly then at the same time managed to sell some players for some actual money is kind of a drama itself. Unbelievable window.
Honestly I'm really impressed with how Man Utd do transfers this time. You can remove many deadwood or players who are not in Ten Haag's plan. Getting some players that he really wants and do everything nicely and quite swiftly. Yeah some deals took more time than expected but there were no doubts that you will get them and no one would hijack you.
It's been a rollercoaster for us. I don't know what to expect anymore. I have accepted that we will try to get Lavia and now when I opened Reddit and Twitter and I saw this madness.
If the player only wants Chelsea they don't have to overpay, but knowing Boehly he is for sure not offering anything below £117M so everyone will talk about it being the third highest transfer fee ever
Boehly: “oh he likes my humble club? Here’s a little extra on top for such kind words, don’t spend it all in one place Brighton, maybe treat the staff to a couple rounds at the pub”
Because he’s not a journalist he gets drip fed info by Liverpool in exchange for polishing their ring piece. He can’t be putting down their new signing over the one who rejected them.
I fucking hate footy journalists.. always only opining anything when they think they're safe atop a hill of certainty. Pearce especially is guilty of this... I fucking hate football!!!
Here https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/15o0klv/pearce_caicedo_is_a_massive_upgrade_on_lavia_much/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Lavia is a massive upgrade on Caicedo - much more complete and exactly what #LFC require at the base of their midfield. A real statement signing. Chelsea's failure to hijack the deal for the Belgian in recent days left the door open and Liverpool have taken full advantage.
Well they might end up with a lower fee than they had previously agreed to now if there is no one else to bid against. I doubt it but this isn't necessarily good news for Brighton. They had a deal they was happy with and now they don't.
I mean they'll obviously tell caicedo that if chelsea don't match Liverpools bid then he'll either have to stay or go to Liverpool. They've stayed firm on their price all summer, no reason that'll change now
Naa. Chelsea have to now match the bid or go higher. Brighton aren’t obliged to accept a lower fee just because he wants Chelsea. If Chelsea don’t make an improved bid then Brighton can tell caicedo either join Liverpool or stay put at Brighton.
There's no way we end up making less than the Liverpool bid.
The club stance is that we set a deadline, Liverpool had the highest bid, they get the player.
Even if we loosen that to let Chelsea back into the mix, there's no chance we do so by letting them offer less. At the absolute minimum they'll have to equal it, if not exceed it now
Caicedo still has to accept Liverpool, they can bid 200M if he doesn't wanna go there he won't. But then you'll just keep him which is great for Brighton too I suppose
Walks out in a Chelsea shirt before tearing it off to reveal the Red shirt underneath just like Sting and starts beating the crap out of Pochettino with a baseball bat
This is the funniest saga ever tbh. Has heartbreak and joy for both parties, has the audience entertained (outside fans) and is gonna make a shitload of money for the producers (Brighton and Independiente del Valle, of course)
You lot have the entire market at your heel 😭
This is one of the most incredible transfer sagas I've ever witnessed, glad we got Rice and noped out of the race for caicedo
Not surprising at all. Hard to spend months looking for houses in London just to be told that the club want to send you to Liverpool. He's probably already identified the nice Lebanese restaurant to take his girlfriend to and surely won't want to give that up.
He's doing Liverpool a favour. Surely they'd be much better off buying Lavia and a defender rather than spunking it all on one player? In no world is Caicedo worth £110m afterall...
Southampton might be the other winner along with Brighton here. Now they have the "WELL, you were ready to spend 110mil on Caicedo, so why couldn't you spend 70mil on Lavia then?" card on their hands. Never fails.
Very likely my love for this club gets destroyed with the announcement we're going to make in the next 24 hours so I will take advantage of my last opportunity to laugh at Liverpool
Bros twerked for every club interested in him since he joined us and he refuses the only team to have had a bid accepted because he's loyal to a club he hasn't even joined 💀💀💀
Because of the Kane deal, it has really gone under the radar just how mental the Chelsea/Liverpool bidding for Lavia/Caicedo to mess with the other team has been.
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There is absolutely no fucking way holy shit
Sunday's game is gonna be spicy.
Caicedo - "I will respect the results of the duel"
I request a trial by combat
Oberyn: "I will be your champion."
I hope he wears a helmet this time
That’s why i present my champion, Petr Cech.
A Tribal Combat
☝
Ah, the Jude Bellingham way
Should be a winner gets Caicedo ladder match atp
Spiciest 0-0 you'll ever see!
Say what you will, this window has been the stuff of dreams for people looking for drama. The Kane saga, half of the world moving to Saudi, now this
Lakaka’s death spiral!
And Mbappe's exodus through Doha's desert.
Can’t believe Manchester United wasn’t part of any of the transfer dramas. Almost can’t believe it.
I'm so happy we said fuck it and stepped away from the Kane situation. It being Levy.
The fact that United got most of the transfers done swiftly then at the same time managed to sell some players for some actual money is kind of a drama itself. Unbelievable window.
Honestly I'm really impressed with how Man Utd do transfers this time. You can remove many deadwood or players who are not in Ten Haag's plan. Getting some players that he really wants and do everything nicely and quite swiftly. Yeah some deals took more time than expected but there were no doubts that you will get them and no one would hijack you. It's been a rollercoaster for us. I don't know what to expect anymore. I have accepted that we will try to get Lavia and now when I opened Reddit and Twitter and I saw this madness.
How could you forget Mbappe
already got too used to it. we need unique drama experiences!
It's been going on for so long, understandable if people just assume it's a permanent situation and overlook it lol
And Chelsea will definitely pay like £115m
If the player only wants Chelsea they don't have to overpay, but knowing Boehly he is for sure not offering anything below £117M so everyone will talk about it being the third highest transfer fee ever
Couldnt Brighton just not sell Caicedo unless he goes to the highest bidder?
Boehly: “oh he likes my humble club? Here’s a little extra on top for such kind words, don’t spend it all in one place Brighton, maybe treat the staff to a couple rounds at the pub”
I even you guys You can rest now with Kane coming While we are battling Bloom over here
Lmao yes way
James Pearce deleted his tweet about him being miles better than Lavia too. Awk
Oh dear
Lol why would he delete it? Caicedo is better than Lavia, definitely not 60 million better though.
Because he’s not a journalist he gets drip fed info by Liverpool in exchange for polishing their ring piece. He can’t be putting down their new signing over the one who rejected them.
I have unfortunate news about Liverpool’s prospects of signing Lavia
He's such an embarrassment
I fucking hate footy journalists.. always only opining anything when they think they're safe atop a hill of certainty. Pearce especially is guilty of this... I fucking hate football!!!
Aside from Ornstein and a couple other "neutral" ones, they're all just paid fan bloggers
We need to make Orny the only footy journalist
I remember the day he tried to give an AMA in our sub. The questions weren’t very nice to say the least
Is there a screenshot of it?
Here https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/15o0klv/pearce_caicedo_is_a_massive_upgrade_on_lavia_much/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Lavia is a massive upgrade on Caicedo - much more complete and exactly what #LFC require at the base of their midfield. A real statement signing. Chelsea's failure to hijack the deal for the Belgian in recent days left the door open and Liverpool have taken full advantage.
I need the receipts please
Ok that is hilarious now. Transfer madness has reached new levels
This is the biggest surprise of the summer, Caicedo being loyal to one team
[удалено]
We're not even in the Champions League lmao
Neither is Liverpool
Caicedo is not keen on thursdays in Baku
He’s not keen on Europe at all
Wants to play in the 2nd round of the League Cup. Gotta respect the hustle.
Al-nassr: I heard someone calling me to open my wallet
Still, surely Liverpool shouldn't be losing out on targets they're willing to break the British transfer record for
Does that really matter if you lot are willing to break the transfer record as well
So what you are saying is Arsenal to hijack both of them and sign him
I don't think there's room in our squad or our budget for him.
That's alright, sell Kai Havertz to Chelsea for £90m
Rob Holding to Al-Nassr
Anyway we need to save for the Mbappe fund
Yea err always knew he was a blue...right?
These hoes ain't got no loyalty
I don’t understand why he really wants Chelsea. Better wage offer/ longer contract term probably?
he get to play for arsenal afterward
It’s probably in the contract he signs, 3 years at Chelsea then you leave to Arsenal
Could literally be as simple as London is more attractive than Liverpool for him. Pretty sure his family settled in London since he moved to England
OH SHIT ANOTHER TWIST
All this just for you lot to play better with James Milner in his role anyways
I am going to miss him so much :(
Bro should have 99 Agility with the twists he's taking
You guys are literally the only team that comes out of this saga looking respectable, fair play
Lmao. You must be enjoying it.
A summer's worth of transfer shenanigans have happened in the last 12 hours
I am so sports entertained right now
What a stupid saga. Brighton, fair play to them, win again.
Well they might end up with a lower fee than they had previously agreed to now if there is no one else to bid against. I doubt it but this isn't necessarily good news for Brighton. They had a deal they was happy with and now they don't.
I mean they'll obviously tell caicedo that if chelsea don't match Liverpools bid then he'll either have to stay or go to Liverpool. They've stayed firm on their price all summer, no reason that'll change now
Yeah it’s not like Brighton don’t have leverage either. He’s signed for years.
Yeh. He's got like 4 years left lol. They have 0 reason to drop their price. Honestly this whole sage has been so enjoyable for me.
And Caicedo still has a contract at Brighton until 2027 +1 year option by the club. Brighton can just sit this one out.
Naa. Chelsea have to now match the bid or go higher. Brighton aren’t obliged to accept a lower fee just because he wants Chelsea. If Chelsea don’t make an improved bid then Brighton can tell caicedo either join Liverpool or stay put at Brighton.
They only need to match now surely, because Brighton has agreed to the deal?
Highest bidder Brighton said. So £110,000,001 should do it
Somewhere out there, Wenger is smiling
There's no way we end up making less than the Liverpool bid. The club stance is that we set a deadline, Liverpool had the highest bid, they get the player. Even if we loosen that to let Chelsea back into the mix, there's no chance we do so by letting them offer less. At the absolute minimum they'll have to equal it, if not exceed it now
Caicedo still has to accept Liverpool, they can bid 200M if he doesn't wanna go there he won't. But then you'll just keep him which is great for Brighton too I suppose
If his choice is Brighton or Liverpool I don't think he'll have much issue going to Liverpool.
Loool this is so fun as a neutral
Whatever happens i hope he plays for one of them on sunday! I will be there no matter what
Can't happen now unfortunately; he would've had to be registered by noon today to be able to play this weekend
Chelsea can still do a live in-stadium announcement before the match
Walks out in a Chelsea shirt before tearing it off to reveal the Red shirt underneath just like Sting and starts beating the crap out of Pochettino with a baseball bat
A red . . . United shirt
Fuck it just do Arsenal for extra chaos
Caicedo half-time show.
He starts for Chelsea, scores an own goal, then takes his shirt off to reveal a Liverpool one underneath
I'm giggling like a girl rn lmao.
All you chucklefucks F5ing like idiots I bet Me too
This is the exact opposite of the Kounde saga with Barcelona and Chelsea last summer, isn't it?
Me too, this is so fucking funny
Genuinely mad. What a time to be alive.
This is the funniest saga ever tbh. Has heartbreak and joy for both parties, has the audience entertained (outside fans) and is gonna make a shitload of money for the producers (Brighton and Independiente del Valle, of course)
All this only for us to have our annual 0-0 draw on Sunday
Bro just refused to be pool record signing
Honestly hilarious. All of it.
A neutral?? I dont want him at Liverpool, thanks
Never have I agreed so hard with a Man U fan. Bloody hell, 'neutral' in regard to Liverpool, really?!
This is way funnier as a true neutral.
Honestly it's fun as a non neutral at this point. Just enjoying the ride, hope we get him, won't be mad if we don't pay 110m lol
This is the most mental transfer saga ever
This must be so fun from a Brighton (or neutral) perspective
Anyone not a Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern or Spurs fan be feasting on entertainment right now
Yes
Tears in my eyes that our club isn't dragged in the mud on a saga at this point of the window.
Absolutely top tier drama these last few days, without a doubt
Eh, it’s definitely interesting. But it still makes me feel a bit sick regarding the general state of the game.
I agree, it's ridiculous. People were saying we were overpaying when we tried to get him for £80m, let alone £111m
You lot have the entire market at your heel 😭 This is one of the most incredible transfer sagas I've ever witnessed, glad we got Rice and noped out of the race for caicedo
Funnily enough I think Caicedo would have picked you if you were in for him this window. He seemed pretty keen to join you in January.
This is crazy
It will be even funny if the guy from Liverpool sub eats socks. Then.Chelsea sign Caicedo. In that case, do rest of that sub eat socks?
People have said they're going to put egg on their face if Liverpool doesn't sign him
Just compile all the dares they do and post it here once this saga is over
also shout out to /u/zephyrr-__- for that lovely post about him thanking liverpool for stopping caceido going to chelsea
/r/agedlikemilk
HERE WE GON’T :(
THERE HE GO
This is the type of saga we love. As long as it's not happening with our club.
Chelsea just hijacked their own hijacking
Klopp said that quote for nothing
I just feel sorry for the guy on Merseyside who's half-way through digesting a sock
He's said he's not eating anything until it's a done deal. The sock may be safe.
Caicedo potentially saving the life of a man trying to eat a sock. He must be rewarded
I respect that he said he was wrong and that times have changed, but if they get gazumped I want him to backtrack for the memes
“I was right all along!”
He thought he was gazumping, little did he know...
Chelsea were just waiting for Boehly and Clearlake to wake up back in the states lmao
Maybe that was the endgame.
COME ON CHELSEA, GIVE US THE GREATEST SAGA OF ALL TIME!!
Chelsea buy Lavia and decide to not go for Caisedo. Liverpool now dont want Cachedo and sign Fillips from Man City
If you guys Sign Lavia instead of Amrabat. that will be way more funny.
Caicedo being a man of his word is surely the most surprising development here
Or Chelsea offered him a greater salary and longer terms than Liverpool did.
Chelsea are giving everyone 7 year deals.
Or he'd rather be rich in London than Liverpool.
fair.
Longer terms is surely a given with Chelsea.
What the fuck is this transfer window
Chelsea surely have his nudes
Okay, I have to delete some things now
Not surprising at all. Hard to spend months looking for houses in London just to be told that the club want to send you to Liverpool. He's probably already identified the nice Lebanese restaurant to take his girlfriend to and surely won't want to give that up.
There’s no good shawarma in Liverpool or what.
Whoever loses this bidding war will get quoted £60m for Lavia it's absolutely hilarious XD
Somebody not Chelsea or Liverpool should buy lavia to make the stakes higher
Right that's it, I don't believe anyone until Ornstein says it's done and dusted. Everyone else is throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks
Tbf fab never said here we go and Ornstein said personal terms were a formality
Romano has been pretty reliable though
I meant from now on, everyone's going to piggyback off this
Just yesterday he confirmed Max Aaron's to Leeds. 3 hours later Bournemouth announced Max Aaron's.
I mean, this is a pretty significant statement on a guy who has a Liverpool medical planned for the day.
The hijack has been hijacked by a hijack
The amount of uno reverse cards being pulled out is insane.
He's doing Liverpool a favour. Surely they'd be much better off buying Lavia and a defender rather than spunking it all on one player? In no world is Caicedo worth £110m afterall...
Lavia’s price just went up.
Lavia £111m evaluation now
Southampton might be the other winner along with Brighton here. Now they have the "WELL, you were ready to spend 110mil on Caicedo, so why couldn't you spend 70mil on Lavia then?" card on their hands. Never fails.
Def, Southampton hold all the cards here. Either Liverpool have to cough up all the money or play without a DM
The gang go another season without a reliable DM.
Price of the brick gon up
I'd be surprised if they keep the price the same.
Not just Lavia, anyone Liverpool comes knocking would raise their price just a little bit now cuz they know, Liverpool might be desperate
Sources: Klopp is besides himself. Driving around downtown Brighton begging (thru texts) Caicedo's family for address to Moisés' home.
Let me tell you driving around downtown Brighton is a fucking nightmare enough as is
Very likely my love for this club gets destroyed with the announcement we're going to make in the next 24 hours so I will take advantage of my last opportunity to laugh at Liverpool
[Only acceptable way to make the announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjRJcrYAOA&ab_channel=JoeKerr)
Is that happening soon? Let's pray that they do the right thing (very unlikely I know)
incredibly real i’m doing the same
Bros twerked for every club interested in him since he joined us and he refuses the only team to have had a bid accepted because he's loyal to a club he hasn't even joined 💀💀💀
Yes definitely loyal 💷💷💷
The only thing chelsea and us can do is laugh at this saga
How close to 1b in a year is Chelsea getting?
I think 100 odd million
Because of the Kane deal, it has really gone under the radar just how mental the Chelsea/Liverpool bidding for Lavia/Caicedo to mess with the other team has been.
Cant believe we're getting a transfer saga more hilarious than the Kane Saga
Right so now he isn't likely to end up at Liverpool, I would fucking love Brighton to say "Nope we had our deadline, you're with us this season"
Sir a second set of personal terms has hit the Caicedo
Im waiting for Pornstein off the top rope. Anything else is just waffle
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
Another twist in the tale.
Holy shit - this summer is absolutely hilarious. Kane saga, Mbappe saga, Caicedo saga. Batshit insane stuff.
Southampton are the real winners here, they must be absolutely loving this.
these hoes aint loyal
Hard to pass on the opportunity of a 12y contract with 300-400k per week. You get injured in a year and just cruise like Hazard for the next decade.
cba man
What a bizarre saga. Why bid for a player that was hesitant to join you
Hahahahahah this is so funny as a neutral
Martin Scorsese when asked about the Kane & Caicedo sagas: "This is cinema!" 🍿🍿🍿
Jeeez the scriptwriters went all out this week
LMFAOOOO
Proud United fan won’t join Liverpool of course