{"id":86847,"date":"2023-10-22T10:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T10:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86847"},"modified":"2023-10-22T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T10:21:15","slug":"luton-ready-to-smash-their-transfer-record-to-sign-the-next-moises-caicedo-after-scouting-starlet-in-ecuador-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/luton-ready-to-smash-their-transfer-record-to-sign-the-next-moises-caicedo-after-scouting-starlet-in-ecuador-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Luton ready to smash their transfer record to sign the \u2018next Moises Caicedo\u2019 after scouting starlet in Ecuador | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUTON will have to pay \u00a35.5million for Ecuadorian midfielder Oscar Zambrano \u2014 and LDU Quito could yet want even more.<\/p>\n<p>The Hatters have had a \u00a33.8m bid rejected already for the 19-year-old \u2014 who is their top January target.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/moises-caicedo-chelsea-ball-premier-850810138.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-group-b-match-ecuador-850690457.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>LDU are in Saturday\u2019s Copa Sudamericana final \u2014 and if Zambrano puts on a show, they are happy to have an auction for the \u2018next Moises Caicedo\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Hatters chief scout Phil Chapple went to speak to the LDU Quito player \u2014 who was in Copa Sudamerica action in Argentina \u2014 \u00a0about a potential \u00a35million swoop.<\/p>\n<p>Zambrano, 19, is a defensive midfielder in the mould of\u00a0Moises Caicedo, who was picked up in Ecuador by Brighton and sold to Chelsea for a Premier League record \u00a3115m.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Zambrano came through the same football academy as Caicedo and has been keen to come to Europe since a trial at Ajax a couple of 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