Brighton Names Price for Ecuador Star Moises Caicedo Wanted by Manchester United

• Brighton has set an asking price of £70m for midfielder Moises Caicedo wanted by Manchester United
• Erik Ten Hag wants to improve United's midfield after signing Casemiro last summer
• United missed the chance to sign Caicedo for cheap just before he signed for Brighton in 2021

Manchester United are in the market to shop for midfielders despite only signing Brazilian midfielder Casemiro from Real Madrid last summer.

Erik Ten Hag will be looking to add to Manchester United's midfield options with Scott McTominay and Fred largely unreliable for the Dutch manager.

Manchester United have now rekindled their interest in Moises Caicedo who they missed out on in 2021 while trying to sign him from Ecuador but he joined Brighton instead.

Brighton has now made him a star and one for the eyes of top clubs and could lose him just two years after signing him from Independiente del Valle.

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£70m price for Moises Caicedo

Brighton have set an asking price of £70m for Moises Caicedo, according to The Sun. This is to alert the chasing clubs they want to keep him or get paid heavily to lose him.

Caicedos stock has risen so high, for a player relatively unknown two years ago and signed by the Seagulls for just a small fee of £3.6m from Ecuador.

Newcastle and Chelsea are the other two clubs interested in the Ecuadorian. With the asking price set, Brighton are resigned to the fact that he will leave the Amex Stadium possibly in January.

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