The defensive midfielder has earned a place in the history books with his London move but it could have been so different.
He's booked a transfer record journey this week - but Moises Caicedo could have been treading a different path had a former Celtic scout got their way.
It's suggested by the Daily Mail that 'a recommendation was sent back to Glasgow' over Caicedo and that an ex-talent spotter at the Premiership champions 'reckoned Celtic could land the next big thing for a fee of around £1m.' Back then, the now 21-year-old was at Independiente del Valle, and Neil Lennon sancionted plenty of moves that summer.
Graeme Souness, however, believes it's an gamble to be playing him and Enzo Fernandez together in the Stamford Bridge midfield, having also spent £106.8m on the Argentine alongside another major splurge on Romeo Lavia from Southampton. He wrote in his Daily Mail column: "In the last six months, we've seen Chelsea twice break the British transfer record – first for Enzo Fernandez and now Moises Caicedo.
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