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However, having previously given his word to Chelsea, Caicedo rejected Liverpool and moved to Stamford Bridge.

Since then, things haven’t exactly gone to plan for the 22-year-old.

Chelsea currently sit 11th in the Premier League and recently lost to the Reds in the Carabao Cup final.

That day, Caicedo faced his former Brighton teammate Alexis Mac Allister in a midfield battle.

If Caicedo has struggled to get going at Chelsea, then Mac Allister has truly excelled at Liverpool.

The Argentine has been supreme.

It will come as no surprise for Reds fans to hear then, that former Ecuador manager – and Mac Allister’s coach at Boca Juniors – Gustavo Alfaro, once instructed the Liverpool man to help his old pal out at Brighton.

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Mac Allister was in action against Alfaro’s current side – Costa Rica – on Tuesday.

Click here to read more about how Liverpool’s No.10 got on in that game.

Ahead of the match, Alfaro spoke via TNT Sports to praise Mac Allister and share how he once asked the 25-year-old to look after Caicedo at Brighton.

“I had the chance to be with him when I went to visit Brighton’s Ecuadorian boys, Caicedo, Sarmiento and Estupinian,” says the 61-year-old.

Perhaps it should be clear now though that it was the World Cup winner, and not his younger teammate, who was the real £100m+ man.

After relaying his anecdote about Mac Allister and Caicedo, Alfaro also spoke further of the Liverpool man.

Having managed Mac Allister while he was at Boca Juniors in 2019, the coach knows him well.
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