Moises Caicedo Named Flop Of The Season Ahead Of Man United Duo 

Chelsea’s big-money summer buy Moises Caicedo has been named the Premier League flop of the season ahead of Andre Onana and Ramus Hojlund.

Both Chelsea and Manchester United made significant summer transfer window investments, but their new additions have fallen short of their high transfer prices. Former Scotland striker Ally McCoist claims that Caicedo, who cost a British record £115 million ($146 million) to transfer from Brighton to Stamford Bridge, is the season’s worst bust. Despite their struggles during a challenging season for the Red Devils, Onana and Hojlund of Manchester United have also been singled out by McCoist, albeit they fall short of the Chelsea midfielder.

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The former striker for Scotland said on talkSPORT BET: “Andre Onana has been nothing like the signing everyone thought he would be for Manchester United, but I’m not giving him ‘flop of the season so far’, I think that’s ever so slightly harsh. But Moises Caicedo, I saw him a couple of times, particularly at Old Trafford with Enzo Fernandez in the middle of the park, and both of them were, for a quarter of a billion pounds, not great… Caicedo would certainly get my vote over Onana. Rasmus Hojlund? No chance – Caicedo and Onana would get it ahead of him. I know Hojlund hasn’t been scoring as regularly, particularly domestically, as Man United fans would want, but there’s a willingness there, there’s an eagerness there, a desire, which a lot of the United fans, the majority if not all of them, can see.

“Football fans will always cut players a lot more slack if they are totally committed and fans can see that, and so they should do. I’ve given Hojlund a bit of stick for missing chances in the past, and it’s my job to do that, but I don’t mind the fact that he keeps getting into positions, and he has scored some good goals. All the attributes are there and you’ve got to remember he’s still young, so there’s no way he’s coming into consideration for my flop of the season so far at this stage. I’m settling on Moises Caicedo!”

After joining the English top division for £72 million ($92 million) from Atalanta, Hojlund needed 15 Premier League games, 19 shots, and 1026 minutes to score his first goal.

As the season goes on, all three players will be trying to live up to their high transfer costs. Wednesday sees Caicedo return to action against Liverpool, and after hearing Jurgen Klopp call his team “lucky” not to have acquired the midfield player, he might feel under pressure to live up to the statement. Hojlund and Onana, meanwhile, are anticipated to play for United against Wolves on Thursday.