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title: "Newcastle United: Ben Jacobs reveals transfer fee required to land Moises Caicedo"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Aaron Hindhaugh"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2023-01-03T13:10:58Z"
modified: "2023-01-03T13:10:58Z"
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# Newcastle United: Ben Jacobs reveals transfer fee required to land Moises Caicedo

**Journalist Ben Jacobs has admitted [Newcastle United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) and other clubs will have to pay £70-80m if they wish to sign Moises Caicedo.**

### The Lowdown: Caicedo won’t come cheap

It is looking abundantly clear that Newcastle and [Eddie Howe](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/eddie-howe/) are [keen on bringing in some more depth](https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/sport/football/premier-league/246815/shelvey-injury-hands-howe-a-january-spending-dilemma) in the centre of midfield after [Jonjo Shelvey picked up another muscular injury](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jonjo-shelvey-injury-newcastle-united-25838776), with the likes of Caicedo and Youri Tielemans [being linked](https://theathletic.com/4047267/2023/01/01/eddie-howe-newcastle-transfers/).

This is why [they could soon be about to land Alan Varela](https://twitter.com/faafiperez/status/1609983157591494657) from Boca Juniors, which would show they are also looking towards the future rather than purely stopgap signings.

Therefore, Caicedo could be that player, as he’s now very much [Premier League-proven](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) with [23 appearances under his belt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/moises-caicedo/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/687626) and widely regarded as the ‘[crown jewel](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20211123_94131924?&articlehash=SpNL6SlroDDiwBCfzE0N5v4I9yfv2rzzV%2BNTI0jv7oSF3DsQurAQidNS3RpD%2BZtqHh33%2FEwJwtv5hCyE1TH4XEL0O85c3%2Byv1HOSmX4ZOf%2Fdyg9q2%2FBn%2FnNkHumQFhgM1as%2FGOC%2F6HszQ5HQ5F4pIFMMr6oDT40dzuzxAbtWey81HdYIKb0vmWkFCw9xPlysnT81GWEWOAAldRBi1K9ScAfqPCRsRal0QMxQpyPKl3F0XoW2NxmR7EwN%2F%2BndaFL8v9Ac3aXi5ugfdp%2BHWBX0%2FbWiG9zUM0OKZgLJYN7IWLN365QV%2BjJXIoKYEzPOgvun19BgPjie6Jw2OA5m0rvNiA%3D%3D)‘ of his national side, according to Ecuadorian football historian Enrico Castro-Montes.

### The Latest: Caicedo going to be an expensive signing

Jacobs has been speaking on [The Done Deal Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2UgWpaiso&t=2601s) about the Newcastle transfer target and how he won’t come cheap if any team wishes to sign him this season.

He said: “With Moises Caicedo, Brighton’s valuation – and this was even said when Graham Potter was still at Brighton – is somewhere in the region of £70-75m, and when a figure of £42m was quoted to Graham Potter when he was still the Brighton manager, he laughed and said not even close, you’ll only be able to buy his boots for £42m.

“So I think it’s clear, even if Brighton come down on valuation slightly, that you’re going to need, minimum, £60m for Caicedo, and Brighton would really like £70-75m.”

[Newcastle news!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/newcastle-news-7/)

### The Verdict: Newcastle should dodge big-money move

Given that Newcastle already have two £40m players in their midfield in the form of [Bruno Guimaraes](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/bruno-guimaraes/) and [Joelinton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/joelinton/), the need for yet another expensive midfielder may not necessarily be at the top of Howe’s wishlist.

Instead, they should perhaps focus on moving for a younger talent that may not arrive demanding to start every game in the league – so if they can get Varela over the line, that could be a smart piece of business.

Also, the fact that Newcastle are fighting against [Financial Fair Play regulations](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-arsenal-liverpool-chelsea-ffp-25863665), as highlighted recently by Howe, it would make sense for them to avoid a big-money signing in January and instead wait until the summer when they may have a lucrative sponsorship deal behind them.

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