Jamie Carragher ranks £100m transfer signings including Bellingham and Caicedo and it’s not great news for Arsenal
JAMIE CARRAGHER has ranked this summer’s £100m transfer signings – and it’s not great news for Arsenal.
The Liverpool legend believes Jude Bellingham stands head and shoulders above the likes of Declan Rice and Enzo Fernandez.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Real Madrid have all broken through the £100m mark to sign midfield reinforcements this summer.
The price barrier has been broken four times this year, with Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo, Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham all making £100m-plus moves.
And Carragher was inevitably asked to rank the four midfielders on the Sky Sports Premier League’s Youtube channel.
The Liverpool hero said: “I’ve got Jude Bellingham as No1.
“I think No2 and this is maybe just on the back of Sunday’s performance, I may put Fernandez second because what I saw there.
“If we see that a lot more going forward he looks like a complete midfield player, especially if he adds more goals.
“I would go with Declan Rice next and I’d go fourth Caicedo, who I am a huge fan of, but I would just put him fourth on this list right now and see how he does at Chelsea”.
Despite having more proven Premier League experience Rice was ranked lower than Fernandez.
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The Argentina international joined Chelsea in January but showed only glimpses of his potential during a turbulent first six months at Stamford Bridge.
But Fernandez had a brilliant performance in the middle of the park as Mauricio Pochettino’s side were held to a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Whereas £105m rated Rice – who recently captained West Ham to European glory – placed a modest third on the list.
Bellingham and Rice have made their first league appearances for Real Madrid and Arsenal respectively.
Caicedo finally joined Chelsea from Brighton this week for a new British record transfer fee, and is likely to make his debut against West Ham on Sunday.
Despite their extravagant summer spending, Chelsea are by no means finished having agreed a £60m fee with Southampton for Romeo Lavia.
They have also activated the £35m release clause in Michael Olise’s Crystal Palace contract.
Having been beaten by Todd Boehly’s side for both Lavia and Caicedo, Liverpool have now turned their attention to signing Stuggart’s Wataru Endo.
The Reds are also eyeing up a hijack of their own, with Sofyan Amrabat’s move to Manchester United from Fiorentina thrown into jeopardy.
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