'Yesterday's men' - Liverpool sent brutal transfer message after Moises Caicedo failure
Chris Sutton has questioned Moises Caicedo's decision-making after snubbing Liverpool in favour of signing for Chelsea, labelling the midfielder as a 'development player'.
One of the most intense transfer battles has played out over the last few days, heightened by the fact the two clubs at war with one another in the market also took to the field of play on Sunday. The Ecuadorian looked set to join Liverpool after a £110m offer was accepted on Friday, although their London rivals eventually hit back with £115m to reclaim their long-term target.
The Reds will naturally be written into the history books as the losers in this scenario - missing out on the 21-year-old whilst also showing their hand in terms of how much money they have to play with in the final weeks of the transfer window.
Though discussing the saga with Ian Ladyman on Mail Sport's new It's All Kicking Off podcast, the former Celtic striker offered some form of encouragement that working under Jurgen Klopp at Anfield is still a desirable as he could not wrap his head around Caicedo's preference of Stamford Bridge in the current climate.
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Ladyman began by asking his co-host: "Why has he chosen Chelsea over Liverpool, do you think?"
"I don't know, I don't get it," Sutton replied. "It must be because of the manager, Pochettino. I actually think that Liverpool, you know, you look at where they are at this moment in time, you compare them to Chelsea and their performances last season.
"I think Liverpool are closer to winning the title than Chelsea are. Chelsea obviously think this will be a transformative signing for
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