'Chelsea + EPL's highest transfer fee ever' Shock remarks by 200 billion man →'"I like away games better because of the dramatic fans'+'"Just run here'
Jul 08, 2024
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The Chelsea Chronicle of England reported on the 8th (Korea time) 'Caicedo shared the difficulties he had under Mauricio Pochettino.
Ecuador midfielder Caicedo, who was born in 2001, was a key midfielder for Brighton in the English Premier League (EPL) at a young age, drawing great attention from European big clubs. During the 2022-2023 season, he played in the midfield, showing a strong defense and active activity.
Chelsea, who noted Caicedo's performance, poured in a huge amount of money to sign him. He offered a proposal that exceeded both the club's all-time record transfer fee and the EPL's all-time record transfer fee with 115 million pounds (about 200 billion won), and was able to persuade Brighton. After joining the team, Caicedo suffered for a while, but immediately adapted to Chelsea and played a key role in the midfield in the 2023-2024 season.
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Caicedo recently conducted an interview with Alfonso Lasso on Ecuador's radio channel 'Lared'. "Everything was tactical at Brighton," he said of Pochettino's tactics at Chelsea. But at Chelsea, I ran, ran, ran, and it was very hard. I always had the ball at Brighton, but it was a different football at Chelsea, and I had to run a lotUnlike Brighton, Chelsea said it was a system with a greater physical burden than a tactical aspect.
In fact, Pochettino had received a lot of criticism about his lack of tactics at Chelsea throughout the last season. Even though he had good midfielders such as Caicedo, Enso Fernandez and Conor Gallagher, he showed little development and attack using the midfield.
Caicedo also shared his dissatisfaction with the fans. He was attacked early in the season when we didn't perform well. The fans attacked us"It was hard enough for me to prefer playing on the road to playing at home. The fans attacked me," he said, pointing out the fans who strongly criticized him and his team's performance.
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Meanwhile, fans must meet the "high bar" for Caicedo's corresponding remarks", "It's the pressure of being in a big club" and "shame on the fans", he said, expressing his opposition that he should have done better, and some fans admitted that fans were harsh, saying, "I agree with him.'
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