David
Luiz left Stamford Bridge smiling and even greeted reporter João Castelo Branco, but refused to talk to the Brazilian press.
Should
Luiz leave Stamford Bridge in January, he would be the second player after Diego Costa to have ended his association with the Blues courtesy of issues outside of the playing field with manager Antonio Conte.
Not exact matches
Luiz Felipe Scolari allowed Wright - Phillips to
leave the club in 2008, with City taking advantage and signing their former player for # 8.5 million.
With Keylor Navas seemingly failing to entirely convince despite playing his part in Madrid's recent trophy haul, Kepa has been lined up while with Pepe departing over the summer,
Luiz would fill a void
left there as he remains on the fringes after his recent fallout with Antonio Conte, as per the Express.
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly keen on signing Chelsea and Brazil ace David
Luiz on loan for the Magpies in the January transfer window as long as Conte's side are willing to see the player
leave the club on a temporary basis.
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The world was
left stunned last night, when David
Luiz was included in the FIFA World XI for 2014.
That's obviously unlikely to happen as all eyes will now be on
Luiz as he looks to silence his critics and prove that he's returned a much better player compared to the one that
left in 2014.
Luiz secured a return to the Blues this week in a deal worth # 34m, just two years on from when he
left the club to join Paris Saint - Germain for a reported fee of # 40m, according to BBC Sport.
But David
Luiz took his young Brazilian compatriot under his wing when he was at Stamford Bridge, and it seems that he taught him a thing or two about free - kick taking before he
left!
In that 5 - 0 loss to Porto, Benfica made the audacious decision to start David
Luiz at
left back where he was absolutely eaten alive while playing out of position.
UOL recently claimed
Luiz feels he has no future at Chelsea under Antonio Conte, who has
left him out of a number of games recently as youngster Andreas Christensen now looks to be first choice at centre - back.
Maybe Chelsea because filipe
luiz may want to
leave, plus ivanovic wouldn't settle for 2nd choice if azpilicueta gets the right side he wants.
Wegner should not be given any money especially if that is to buy David
luiz, as we know Wegner always honors his contracts, so please just allow him to do so and hopefully he would show how much he loves the club and
leave the club is wasting enough money giving him a wage rise.
Interestingly,
Luiz also revealed that Mourinho did little to tempt the defender to stay, saying the two simply spoke on the phone while he was in Brazil for the World Cup and he was given the all clear to
leave.
The French coach has preferred to partner Marquinhos» fellow Brazilians David
Luiz and Thiago Silva in the heart of the backline,
leaving the youngster to fight for scraps or to deputise for either Serge Aurier or Gregory van der Wiel at right - back.
Chelsea finished third in the Premier League and without a trophy, leading to several big names including David
Luiz, Demba Ba and Romelu Lukaku to be sold, while senior squad members Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard
left at the end of their contracts.
He used to be the best in the league, still is, but is blocked, like he has a break on, his game and football education as a modern
left back is ruined... He needs space to o go up and down, start from the back, then create danger and additional threats... Anyhow, subject is Evans, indeed, and
Luiz would have also been helpful.
Came off for Filipe
Luiz on 77 minutes, and the Chelsea
left - back made Brazil look instantly more secure.
Although a divisive figure, David
Luiz has shown some fine form since
leaving Chelsea for Paris Saint - Germain this summer, and is seemingly one of the names on Barcelona's agenda as they ponder a top quality addition at centre - back.
However, after many questioned the decision to bring
Luiz back just two years on from
leaving Stamford Bridge for Paris, it's been suggested by Abdennour that he was in negotiations with both Chelsea and Everton ahead of the deadline but saw a move to England fall apart.
David
Luiz has revealed that he is glad he
left Chelsea this summer and moved to join Paris Saint - Germain.
The move could even go ahead as early as next week as the 28 - year - old was
left out of
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil squad to take part in the World Cup.
Chelsea were fighting relegation yet manage to keep all their players and even managed to convince David
Luiz and Kante to
leave Championship winning sides to join a sinking ship.
Gabriel is 6ft 2in tall and can also play at right - back and
left - back if needed, and has been compared to the ex-Chelsea centre - back David
Luiz, but Wenger believes that Gabriel is much more concentrated on the defensive side of the game.
He played a lovely ball through to Neymar, and with
Luiz's square position
leaving him flat footed when the pass was delivered, he ended up stumbling clumsily as his compatriot danced into the box.
Brazil defender David
Luiz, 27, is set to
leave Chelsea for Barcelona following this summer's World Cup — Daily Star
Very few clubs in the world would be able to
leave Marquinhos on their bench and not suffer, but very few clubs have centre - backs of the quality of Thiago Silva and David
Luiz.
David
Luiz, who returned to Chelsea during the transfer window, was
left terrible exposed at the back and gave away a free - kick that Robert Snodgrass almost scored from.
Eventually their former centre - back David
Luiz returned to the club on Transfer Deadline Day for # 34 million, having
left in June of 2014 when Paris Saint - Germain paid a world - record fee for a defender of # 50 million to take him to the Parc des Princes.
He'd also have a rampaging David
Luiz to his
left, which would
leave him even more exposed.
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.
Terry, 36, has already announced he will
leave Stamford Bridge this summer after finding himself behind Gary Cahill, David
Luiz and César Azpilicueta in the pecking order.
That proved a prelude to a combative first half - hour, which
left David
Luiz with a bloody nose and Vidal needing treatment on a knock.
Gary Cahill and David
Luiz split wide, allowing John Obi Mikel to drop in and pick up the ball from them and Petr Cech, to move it forward through Ramires in the inside
left channel.
He
left David
Luiz for dead (with one minor exception).
We thought we had seen the last of
Luiz who has had an up and down experience since
leaving Chelsea.
But the Blues cancelled Abdennour's switch after landing
Luiz,
leaving him in between a rock and a hard place at the Mestalla.
Mourinho should consider him
leaving instead of mata and
luiz.
Chelsea have re-signed David
Luiz from Paris St Germain for around # 30m
leaving Chelsea fans ecstatic, confused, angry and hungry all at the same time.
Sources close to Chelsea believe that the 30 - year - old could be allowed to
leave inn January — although at the moment Conte is happy for him to stay and it remains to be seen if
Luiz would want out.
Bookmakers believe
Luiz could be on the move and PaddyPower price him at 5/6 to be
leaving in January.
A loose pass from
Luiz Carlos came to Topal near the halfway line and he strode forward, with nobody in a Braga shirt willing to close him down, before stroking a
left - footed attempt into the corner of the net to consign the visitors to just their second loss of the season in this competition.
He moves too much on the far
left leaving the center open which can cause disaster allowing many goes, I saw this with Brazil at the World cup, pipo blames D.
Luiz which I say they got it wrong Dante is the man to blame coz he moved too, too much on the far
left and did not remind Macelo to keep his position.
After a lacklustre season, it appears that David
Luiz and Gary Cahill will be
leaving the club when the transfer window reopens.
Regardless of what Conte ends up doing tactically, it's important to acknowledge that
Luiz's return to the Chelsea sees the Brazilian join a much more stable system and side than the one he
left in 2014.
Luiz paid the price for some sloppy performances as Blues boss Conte
left him out of the squad at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Then he scored chipped goal against Hull City with his
left foot in the Premier League; he unleashed a chip from 20 yards that curled & swerved and fooled the goal - keeper as it went into the net, World Cup winning coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari said after the game: «It was the best goal I have seen, My vote for World Player of the year award will go to him, only a player with his intelligence could have done that» [17].
Cannavaro coached Guangzhou briefly in 2014 - 2015 and the job is now open again after Brazilian coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari confirmed at the weekend that he was
leaving after wrapping up the club's seventh straight CSL title.
David
Luiz currently holds the record for Chelsea's most expensive ever departure when he
left Stamford Bridge to join Paris Saint - Germain for # 50m in the summer of 2014.