David
Luiz is in the team of the year.
Not exact matches
Indeed, Silva and
Luiz were both named
in the Ligue 1
team of the year, while Marquinhos will look back on a campaign where he has managed just 18 starts
in the top flight this season.
Our side has
been on the look - out for an experienced defender to add to the ranks, and
Luiz would certainly fit into that category, having won numerous trophies with Paris Saint - Germain and Chelsea, as well as having played a key role
in helping the Blues to win the Champions League, and would
be a huge boost to our
team as we look to secure a spot
in the top four, whilst also
being available for the Europa League.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho struggled to force his way into the
team under Tim Sherwood
in the final months of the 2013/14 Premier League season, but he
is a key cog
in Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil
team.
It
is also true that Chelsea have found a great replacement for
Luiz in the form of the 20 year - old Andreas Christensen, who has received rave reviews since becoming a regular
in the Chelsea first
team.
Say what you want but Mourinho
is smarter than Wenger
in the transfer market since he came they spent 222mil but recouped 168mil that
's a net spend of 54mil, he moved Mata and
Luiz fan favourites for hefty sums because sometimes as a manager you need to make tough decisions so the
team as a whole can progress!
funny you should say that
luiz adriano has 34 goals / assist
in 31 games this suggest he creates as well as scores he
is a very good dribbler like many brazilian and plays for a
team who plays great football.
He had
been on the fringes of the first -
team under
Luiz Felipe Scolari but
was often used as a substitute
in unfairly high pressure situations, such as the final ten minutes with Chelsea trailing 2 - 1 at home to Arsenal
in November 2008.
It will
be fascinating to see how
Luiz Felipe Scolari's side cope with a German
team who looked very strong and organised against France
in the quarter - finals.
David
Luiz is expected to leave the club after losing his place
in Antonio Conte's first -
team plans, while Willian has also
been strongly linked with a Chelsea exit with Jose Mourinho's Manchester United watching over him.
League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande will
be in action on Thursday evening when
Luiz Felipe Scolari's
team take on Liaoning Whowin with second - placed Shanghai SIPG travelling to meet Manuel Pellegrini's Hebei CFFC.
The former England international, who won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers
in 1995, believes that the next few games will tell us more about the changes that Conte
is making at Stamford Bridge and that David
Luiz, who returned to Chelsea on Transfer Deadline Day, might
be caught out against better
teams than Hull.
The Denmark international has done a brilliant job stepping
in for David
Luiz in the Chelsea first -
team, and it
's unlikely to see the Brazilian find his way back to the Blues» starting XI anytime soon considering the form Christensen
is currently
in.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has admitted his
team could
be in the market for players during the January window and that
Luiz has
been discussed as a potential defensive target.
Since Christensen replaced David
Luiz in Chelsea's defence they have
been shutting out
teams so don't
be surprised if they get a clean sheet this weekend.
But rather than buying young or developing any kind of
team - wide identity — with Vincenzo Montella, they
're on their sixth manager
in three years — they would often pay for players with recognizable names — Carlos Bacca,
Luiz Adriano, Torres, Michael Essien, the return of Kaká — that no one else wanted anymore.
Should
Luiz is not back
in the first -
team by the New Year, then an exit
in January could very well
be on the cards.
I
am normally pretty level - headed and try to
be fair, even to opponents I dislike (and here I would admit Chelsea
were the better
team in the second half, although that
was assisted by the poor refereeing) but I just don't see, for example, how Atkinson could not give a yellow card to
Luiz for his foul on Rooney (not to mention him «doing» Hernadez), when he can
be seen standing just yards away, looking directly at the incident.
Last time these two
teams meet
was back
in January 2017 when Wijnaldum canceled out David
Luiz opener to share the spoils.
Luiz, whilst a first -
team stalwart and a fan favourite, has nevertheless
been derided
in the past by fans and pundits alike for his erratic defending, none more famously than Gary Neville.
City loanees Pablo Maffeo, Aleix García, Douglas
Luiz and Marlos Moreno could
be crucial
in helping Girona stay
in the league this season, and they will not
be an easy proposition for any
team in La Liga.
✅
Team Chemistry = 0 ✅ Bakayoko and Batshuayi does not know how to pass properly ✅ David
Luiz looks rusty... but he
is sometimes very overconfident and does silly things
in the process.