Moises Caicedo has revealed that Liverpool declared their interest \u201ctoo late\u201d in the transfer window, with the midfielder having already decided that he wanted to join Chelsea by then.<\/strong><\/p>\n Liverpool and\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0were embroiled in bidding war to sign Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion during the summer\u00a0transfer window. He eventually took his talents to Stamford Bridge for what was a new a British record fee of \u00a3115m.<\/p>\n The Reds had earlier seen a \u00a3111m bid accepted by Brighton for the then 21-year-old. However, in an interview with\u00a0Sky Sports<\/em>, Caicedo has confirmed that he had preferred to join Chelsea because they had shown an interest in his services earlier.<\/p>\n \u201cI was talking with Chelsea for a long time. It was impossible to say no to Chelsea, because they were with me supporting me\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the summer I suffered a lot because it was complicated to leave Brighton. They were with me, and in the last moment Liverpool called me but it was [too] late because I wanted to play for Chelsea. It was tough to say no to Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n Struggling for form \/ Stu Forster\/GettyImages<\/p>\n Things haven\u2019t exactly gone to plan for Chelsea and their record signing since the transfer, with the midfielder struggling for form in a wholly-underperforming Blues team.<\/p>\n Speaking about his start to life at Stamford Bridge, the 22-year-old admitted that he enduring a \u201cbad time\u201d currently, yet is confident of getting back to his best soon under coach Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now, this is a bad time for me, and my family is suffering a lot because they read and listen to the things people say about me that are not good,\u201d Caicedo said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard. It\u2019s hard for me. I try to be strong, because football is like this. I am prepared for this.<\/p>\n \u201cHe [Pochettino] protects me from the criticism. He has been really kind and patient with me.<\/p>\n \u201cHe knows who I am and that is why he is relaxed with me. I\u2019m only here four months; I didn\u2019t do a good pre-season because it was tough for me. I\u2019m sure I\u2019m going to really show my quality, to show who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
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