‘Nobody would turn down an offer from Chelsea’: Brighton star Moises Caicedo admits it would be a ‘dream’ to reunite with Graham Potter at Stamford Bridge amid interest from the Blues, as he insists his former manager’s exit made him ‘very sad’
- Graham Potter left Brighton to become Chelsea’s new head coach last week
- His former player, Moises Caicedo, admits he would be open to following Potter
- Caicedo was finally beginning to hit his stride under the 47-year-old at Brighton
- The midfielder says he would struggle to reject a move to Chelsea in the future
Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo admits it would be a ‘dream’ to reunite with Graham Potter at Chelsea in the future.
Potter called time on his three-year stint as Brighton boss last week to join Chelsea, who were left searching for a new head coach in the wake of Thomas Tuchel’s sacking.
With his appointment coming a week after the transfer window’s closure, the 47-year-old will not be able to bring in any of his own recruits until January – but Caicedo has already emerged as a potential option.
Moises Caicedo admits it would be a ‘dream’ to reunite with Graham Potter at Chelsea
The Ecuador international, 20, spent 18 months with Potter at Brighton and was finally beginning to hit his stride under him this season, which reportedly caught the eyes of both Chelsea and Manchester United.
A reunion with his former manager at Stamford Bridge has therefore been mooted, and Caicedo is not ruling it out.
‘It made me very sad now that he [Potter] left for Chelsea, because he helped me a lot and I wanted to continue having him as a manager, but that’s football,’ he told Argentine outlet Olé.
‘You never know: today you can be here and tomorrow somewhere else, that’s the job of a footballer and a coach. At Brighton he worked very well and people love him very much. I’m very happy for him and for the great opportunity that was presented to him.’
Potter called time on his three-year spell at Brighton to become the Blues’ new head coach
And Caicedo says he would struggle to turn down the chance to follow him to Stamford Bridge
Caicedo added: ‘Right now I’m very focused on Brighton and the World Cup. I want to have a great World Cup and then we’ll see what happens.
‘I think they are one of the best teams in the world and nobody would turn down an offer from Chelsea or any other club like that. It’d be a dream to be in the best teams in the world and succeed there.’
Potter was held to a 1-1 draw on his Chelsea bow against Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday night, with Raheem Sterling’s opener cancelled out in the 76th minute by Noah Okafor.
The result leaves his side at the bottom of Champions League Group E after suffering defeat in their opening fixture away at Dinamo Zagreb last week.
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