{"id":621655,"date":"2023-01-30T15:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621655"},"modified":"2023-01-30T15:10:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:10:35","slug":"arsenal-approach-chelsea-for-jorginho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/30\/arsenal-approach-chelsea-for-jorginho\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal \u2018Approach\u2019 Premier League Rivals for Possible \u00a3110,000-Per-Week Moises Caicedo Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking transfer development, it appears as though Arsenal have turned to Chelsea midfielder Jorginho as a possible alternative for Moises Caicedo.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1620129461038649344\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed<\/a> that the 31-year-old is &#8220;an option in case Caicedo deal won\u2019t go through with Brighton still reluctant to sell&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the transfer guru also confirmed that Chelsea are open to selling the player, but would likely demand an &#8220;important fee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal &#8216;Approach&#8217; London Rivals Chelsea for Jorginho<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arsenal approach Chelsea for Jorginho! It\u2019s now an option in case Caicedo deal won\u2019t go through with Brighton still reluctant to sell \ud83d\udea8\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, open to sell Jorginho but will ask for important fee to let him leave 6 months before end of contract <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahkNSwakqC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ahkNSwakqC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1620129461038649344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Confusing Alternative<\/h3>\n<p>With the end of the transfer window edging ever closer, the Gunners appear to have accepted that Caicedo will remain a Brighton and Hove Albion player, with Jorginho emerging as a shock alternative target for the Premier League leaders.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is a rather bewildering development given the drastically opposing play styles of the two players. Caicedo&#8217;s true strengths lie in the defensive phase of the game, where he is able to use his defensive awareness and intelligence to win the ball back for his team. Jorginho, on the other hand, is the polar opposite, with the Italian preferring to have the ball at his feet in order to dictate the tempo of a game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/30\/chelsea-set-to-sign-star-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea \u2018Set to Agree\u2019 Record Transfer Fee for Star Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 31 years of age, he is also much older than a typical Mikel Arteta signing in recent times, with the Spaniard choosing to focus on mouldable young players &#8211; although the club&#8217;s first signing of the window, Leandro Trossard, did also break that trend to a certain extent.<\/p>\n<h3>Jorginho&#8217;s Chelsea Contract<\/h3>\n<p>The one aspect of this potential deal which does make sense is the fact that the player&#8217;s current <a href=\"https:\/\/salarysport.com\/football\/player\/jorginho\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a3110,000-a-week<\/a> contract is due to expire with Chelsea at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-fc-latest-news-jorginho-contract-barcelona-b1049836.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end of this season<\/a>. Whilst Romano explained that the Blues would demand an &#8220;important fee&#8221; for the midfielder, he would likely still be available for a fraction of his true value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/30\/tottenham-hotspur-trying-pedro-porro-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur Target \u2018Didn\u2019t Train\u2019 as He Looks to Force Late Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho, then, appears to be a more financially savvy alternative to Arsenal&#8217;s number one target Caicedo, albeit a rather confusing one.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"WJJ6UKVXTg5cL38hl_7zvQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1457391437\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'WJJ6UKVXTg5cL38hl_7zvQ',sig:'kEqwTFHPn_5yzvbjmsjy1iuJLMQX3YHISc1acJJNGnA=',w:'594px',h:'447px',items:'1457391437',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking transfer development, it appears as though Arsenal have turned to Chelsea midfielder Jorginho as a possible alternative for Moises Caicedo. Fabrizio Romano revealed that the 31-year-old is &#8220;an option in case Caicedo deal won\u2019t go through with Brighton still reluctant to sell&#8221;. Whilst the transfer guru also confirmed that Chelsea are open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":621658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11,3,7188],"tags":[3190,8611,896,7475],"class_list":["post-621655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-jorginho","tag-moises-caicedo"],"modified_by":"Harry Dowsett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}