Moises Caicedo - Meteoric Feels Insufficient

The night of December 21st, 2020, Moises Caicedo walked off of the field for the last time as an Independiente del Valle player. They had just suffered a 1-0 loss to CD Macara in the Second Phase of the Ecuadorian Serie A. Just a few days later, he was plucked from his native land to the Southern coast of England for £4 million to Brighton and Hove Albion.

Just over two years later, the highly touted and hotly pursued central midfielder was the subject of multiple bids of greater than £50 million from clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea, clubs firmly entrenched among football’s elite. Caicedo’s rise has been beyond meteoric but what led to him being so coveted by the Premier League’s Big 6, and what transpired to keep him at Brighton despite the fees being reported?

Moises Caicedo had been at Independiente del Valle since he was 13 years old. He was a significant prospect for the side and broke through into the first team at just 18 years old. In October of 2019, he made his debut off the bench against LDU Quito featuring just 14 minutes. The appearance itself feels like a microcosm of Caicedo’s career, as such a small sample size fueled what has turned into global attention on the young Ecuador international.

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