LIVERPOOL have agreed a British transfer fee of £110MILLION for Brighton's Moises Caicedo – hijacking Chelsea's top target.
The Blues have chased the Brighton midfielder throughout the window and saw three bids rejected.
By the time they readied for a FOURTH offer, Liverpool entered the race as they look to replace Jordan Henderson and Fabinho.
According to The Athletic, Brighton held an auction with a midnight cut-off on Thursday.
Liverpool are said to have outbid Chelsea by £10m, which would make Caicedo a British record signing.
It would top the £107m Chelsea paid Benfica for Enzo Fernandez last January.
Personal terms between Caicedo and Liverpool are yet to be agreed -but not though to be a problem – with a medical planned for Friday.
Brighton already sold Alexis Mac Allister to Liverpool earlier in the summer with Caicedo set for a reunion at Anfield.
Chelsea lost a host of midfielders this summer, including Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic.
And Caicedo was deemed Mauricio Pochettino's No1 midfield target.
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But the Argentine could now turn his attention to Southampton's Romeo Lavia, who is also linked with Liverpool.
Chelsea have also agreed a £20m deal with Leeds for American international Tyler Adams.
Pochettino's reign at the Stamford Bridge helm gets underway on Sunday against Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool.
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