Premier League side, Brighton and Hove Albion are interested in signing Ghanaian midfielder Mohammed Kudus from Dutch side, Ajax.
Mohammed Kudus has been linked with a move to the Premier League with the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Newcastle and Brighton all expressing interest in signing the player.
Ajax is open to trading their talented Ghanaian midfielder for £40 million after Kudus rejected a request to extend his contract which expires in 2025.
With players like Alexis MacAllister leaving the Seagulls and Moises Caicedo on the verge of joining Chelsea, Brighton are in the market to get a replacement for their midfield department.
However, Brighton’s quest to buy Kudus depends on if they can sell their Ecuador player to Chelsea.
Brighton has a £100 million price tag on Caicedo with the plan to use part of the money to pay off Ajax for Mohammed Kudus who is valued at £40 million.
Chelsea who have also offloaded most of their players in the Summer transfer window are determined to bring in new players with 21-year-old Caicedo looking like the solution to Chelsea’s midfield woes.
According to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano the Blues had their £75 million bid for Caicedo turndown by the Seagulls. The club recently made another bid of £80 million but was once again rejected by Brighton.
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea have submitted new bid for Moisés Caicedo in the last 24 hours. ???????? #CFC
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 27, 2023
Understand Chelsea new proposal was £80m (€93m in Euros) — and it was immediately rejected by Brighton. ⛔️ #BHAFC
Negotiations remain ongoing but no agreement at this stage. pic.twitter.com/NNk1Cg7CdY
The Seagulls are bent on earning £100 million from Caicedo’s transfer after buying him with the region of £5 million from a club in Ecuador.
Brighton’s quest to milk £100 million from Chelsea is believed to have stemmed from the recent transfer deals in the Premier League Blues extravagant spending on Argentina’s World Cup star, Enzo Fernandez.
Chelsea paid a club-record and British-record transfer fee of roughly £106.5million for Argentina’s World Cup star, Enzo Fernandez from Benfica.
Another London-based club, Arsenal also paid £105 million to West Ham for Declan Rice in the Summer transfer window.
With Caicedo having proven his worth as one of the top five defensive midfielders in the Premier League last season, Brighton believe they would be able to get £100 million of their asking price.
Reports suggest that Caicedo has already agreed to personal terms with Chelsea, but the club is yet to meet Brighton's financial demands.
If Brighton can land the £100 million, the club plans to bring in Mohammed Kudus to bolster coach Roberto De Zerbi’s team for next season.
Brighton will now have to face Chelsea who are also bent on signing the Ghanaian international in the transfer window.
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