Well he WAS asked the question and he DID give that answer.

What Moises Caicedo said right at the end of an interview in Ecuador this week gave us the quote you will have seen across social media.

The one about how he can't say he dislikes Chelsea, about it being an historic club and a beautiful city.

And London HAS got a lot going for it. It is one of the world's finest cities.

That is great for those of us in Brighton and Sussex because the capital is only an hour away, maybe less.

But that quote from Caicedo’s TV interview with TV reporter Maria Jose Flores is not all the Albion man said. Far from it.

It is just the line which appears to have been picked up and run with.

I suppose you take what you want from an 11-minute conversation.

Having been in touch with Maria Jose directly, I used an earlier line from the interview as our back page story yesterday.

The one about what Albion’s fans mean to him, what the club mean to him. About it being like a family.

That was our back page lead – but we reported the other bit about Chelsea too.

That offers a more balanced picture of what he said and of a situation where, it appears, he could go but also could stay.

The vast majority of the interview was hugely positive to Albion.

Then came the sting in the tail.

Maria Jose put what appeared to be the final question as she asked Caicedo for his advice to young footballers.

He told them to work hard and look after themselves properly.

Then she quickly added: “Do you like Chelsea?”

Caicedo looked surprised but seemed to enjoy the audacity of her asking.

He was smiling, then laughing, as he gave the answer which launched a lot of tweets.

Why? We will maybe find out.

Are Chelsea, as he said, an historic club? Well, all clubs have history.

They are a club at a crossroads, that is for sure.

If you are Caicedo's age, it is easy to see why you would view them as one of the giants. Right up there with Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern, Juventus.

Especially if you are viewing it from some distance.

As Mauricio Pochettino pointed out recently, they have been very successful over the last 10-15 years.

If you are older than 30, you might see Chelsea differently.

That history for you is also one of being quite an entertaining club who can have good seasons and win cups.

But who can struggle, flirt with financial disaster and occasionally suffer relegation.

That’s the history but what counts is what sort of foundation the history gives them for the present and near future.

They do not feel like a traditional giant of European football but that is all down to perspective.

It is easy to see why a young player sees them as a true heavyweight – even if they are not in Europe next season.

They will be able to pay their new players well, of course - very well. Albion can't compete there.

Which makes all the tweets about personal terms a bit of a joke. Guess what. ‘Big six’ clubs like Chelsea CAN afford to sign Albion players.

What none of us know is whether they suffered a monumental blip last season and will bounce back or they will never be what they were during the Abramovich years.

That was an era which changed the way football, not just Chelsea, operated – and not necessarily for the better.

Equally, if you are looking from overseas, it is easy to see why you might want your favourite player to join a club with whom you have become familiar over recent years.

If we had a young baseball player from Brighton, for example, we might be thrilled to see him move from the unheralded Baltimore Orioles to the big city glitz and glamour of the New York Yankees, even though Baltimore are currently higher in the standings.

Possibly. At the same time, it is fascinating how much fans in South America now know about Albion and their players.

And it may be the perspective they have of super Chelsea is no longer accurate.

Maybe one can get too possessive about all this. Maybe you can run away with the idea that there is an agenda in some quarters for Caicedo (and possibly others) to leave the troublesome smaller club and join the big clubs everyone is more comfortable with seeing in the top places.

Caicedo may well go this summer. We are realistic - although an enquiry at about 6pm yesterday as to whether any talks were ongoing was met with a one-word reply. "Nothing."

We know Albion will handle this well. Some of us know Caicedo has said the right things and was put in a tricky position by a certain question.

I know Maria Jose, who asked the questions, describes herself as “a Brighton lover”.

Let’s see how it all develops. Let’s try to see both sides.

Don't get obsessive about it - and try and enjoy summer.

There is more to life than football transfers.