Moises Caicedo will be absolutely fine at Chelsea, as long as he is given a bit of time and the right environment.

A dodgy debut after an inadequate pre-season does not change that.

No, he will be fine, just as Graham Potter probably would have been.

Albion have 15 million reasons to hope their former midfielder does well enough to achieve certain, fairly straightforward targets as soon as possible.

I cannot claim to know him as such but I have interviewed him a few times.

For whatever else Caicedo has got going on around him, he comes across as a nice lad from a humble background who has come a hell of a long way in a short time with the strong support of a proud family.

He is a talented, young, motivated player who can perform on the stage with which he has been provided.

Apart from fulfilling the bonus clauses in his fee, his progress has nothing to do with Albion now, though one understands the amusement among fans at seeing their old boys flop with the Blues at West Ham on Sunday.

Those same fans will have enjoyed seeing the weekend kick off with the young Seagulls coming from 2-0 down to beat their Chelsea counterparts in Premier League 2.

And they will have loved seeing Billy Gilmour, the man Chelsea let go, shine so brightly in midfield in the win at Wolves.

Where Albion stand now is moving on from Caicedo – and maybe remembering a bit about how he came to prominence in the first place.

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The Seagulls are widely praised for their succession planning.

Key elements of succession planning are foresight and patience.

True, they have had to react quickly and parachute in like-for-like replacements at times.

The most obvious occasion was when Roberto De Zerbi and his staff came in quickly to succeed Potter and his own staff.

Pervis Estupinan replacing Marc Cucurella is also an example to a degree, although Albion had identified the Ecuadorean a couple of years earlier when he was at Watford.

There was still a bit of patience needed with Estupinan, who made his debut against Saturday’s opponents West Ham as a sub about a year ago.

In other cases, patience has been greater.

They have been fortunate to be able to do that – and skilful in engineering that platform.

Caicedo had time in the under-23s, on loan and on the bench.

Even an exciting appearance in the FA Cup at Tottenham was not enough to force him into the Prem line-up.

He had to wait another couple of months for that.

And what about Yves Bissouma, another of those stars whose departure, at the time, felt like a huge blow for the Seagulls?

The midfielder arrived in the summer of 2018 but it took a couple of years for him to become the player we all recall so fondly.

There were indications in the recent win over Manchester United that it might be a similar tale for him at Tottenham after a tough first season.

It is also worth remembering injury has affected him at both his English clubs.

Julio Enciso did not necessarily look equipped for the Premier League until well into last season, although Albion players who saw him in training – notably Adam Lallana – spoke very highly of his potential.

Then we saw a glimpse at home to Brentford followed by a first goal at Bournemouth and some magical moments which followed.

Kaoru Mitoma was an unused sub at the start of last season and it took a few weeks for him to secure the chance he seized so well.

So what of the succession plan in midfield?

There would be some irony if Gilmour, a £7 million buy from Chelsea, is part of a successful masterplan post-Caicedo.

It would also be another case of a player taking some time to show us his best.

Maybe part of the succession plan moved on loan to Coventry City this week.

It will certainly be intriguing to see how Yasin Ayari fares in the Championship.

There could be a potential signing in Carlos Baleba, a player in whom Albion have confirmed interest, while Fabricio Diaz in Uruguay is reported to be a target.

If one or both of these players come in, patience and support will be the order of the day.

Okay, they might be so good they do not really need that.

But patience and planning is where Albion have excelled. Where others seem to struggle.

Albion’s successful recruitment is not just about where they get their players from.

It is also about what they do them after they arrive.

That will be the case if a “Caicedo replacement” comes in.