Before the start of this tournament, Liverpool tried to sign two specific players who refused to come to Liverpool because they preferred to play for Chelsea, such was the case of the Belgian Romeo Lavia and the Ecuadorian Moisés Caicedo. For his part, Lavia has only played one game for the Blues since his arrival at Stamford Bridge due to injury.
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While Caicedo has been a starter since the beginning of the season, where he has become a standout player, his level leaves much to be desired for the absurd value Chelsea paid for him. Although Caicedo is a good player, his level is not comparable to the players who came in his place, as Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Ryan Gravenberch have all shown a better level.
Caicedo's rejection was an excellent opportunity for the Reds to sign better players than those who turned down the offer to play for the best team in England. And while Caicedo is still at a decent level, he is nowhere near the level of players like Endo, Mac Allister or Dominik, plus they were much cheaper, so signing him was better than acquiring Caicedo.
Both Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister were the first to adapt to Klopp's style of play, while Endo has been a revelation for the Reds and is undoubtedly one of the best reinforcements to come to Liverpool. While Ryan Gravenberch has taken a little longer to adapt, he is playing better and better.
It is not only the fact of not showing the desired level at Chelsea why Caicedo should not come to Liverpool, because during the final of the Carabao Cup, the Ecuadorian player seriously injured Ryan Gravenberch, after a tackle that still does not understand how it was not qualified as a direct expulsion. Caicedo went in with excessive force, so this was no accident, a player like that will never be welcome at Anfield.
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