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Right, we have two days until the transfer window closes.

Things are moving fast.

So we managed to get David Ornstein away from his phone and his laptop for half an hour

to tell us what has happened and also what he expects to happen.

In the next 48 hours, I'm Mark Chapman.

This is the Athletic Football Podcast.

Right then, David, so it's 9.15 a.m. on Monday morning when we're recording this. By the time it drops, who knows what might have changed. So let's rattle through it. Let's start with Arsenal's pursuit. And this could really have changed by the time it drops of Kaysedo at Brighton. Where are we at?

Yeah, it's clear how much Arsenal wants to sign Moises

Kaysedo because they came in with a 60 million pound offer, which was a fixed fee, no add-ons,

last week, and that was five million pounds higher than this story we revealed the week

previously on the Athlet athletic that Chelsea had offered

55 million pounds. It was rejected out of hand by Brighton, who value Caicedo far higher than

60 million pounds, even though he's had a relatively small number of Premier League games.

He's only 21 years old. But they've got him under contracts until 2025, and we also

reveal in my Monday column that they have an option to extend that by 12 months to 2026. Their

stance has been clear throughout. He's not for sale. He's not going anywhere. That did not, however,

deter Arsenal, who have come back in on Sunday night with a proposal worth 65 million

pounds plus five million pounds in add-ons, taking it to a total of 70 million. That was also

very quickly rebuffed by Brighton, who don't really want to keep doing this because they've

made clear to Arsenal that their stance

is not going to change. But clearly, Arsenal's interest remains because they feel that they have

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