As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, frankly distasteful sums of money continue to be bandied about on football’s summer transfer merry-go-round.
Where better to start than Chelsea, then, who are said to be heavy favourites to land the Brighton midfielder Moisés Caicedo. The Ecuadorian, strongly linked to Arsenal in January, will cost around £80m and is said to have his heart set on a move to Stamford Bridge and an alliance with their new manager, Mauricio Pochettino.