Sentences with phrase «of david luiz»

The youngster, who features in the number 10 role, is technically precise with his passing and set - piece taking skills, and the likes of David Luiz may have a tough time handling the exuberance of youth, as some may say.
Serie A holders Juventus have reportedly emerged as front - runners to pursue the services of David Luiz during the winter transfer window.
The defender basically revealed that he has been promised minutes in the cup by the manager, so expect to see the big defender slot into central defence for this trip, possibly in place of David Luiz or Gary Cahill.
Since returning from German club Borussia Monchengladbach, where he spent two seasons on loan, Christensen has established himself in Chelsea's three - man defence at the expense of David Luiz.
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte says he is «disappointed» that some people are questioning his honesty over the fitness of David Luiz.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte may have tried to explain the absence of David Luiz from the game against Manchester United as a tactical decision, but he wasn't really able to convince many people about it.
Antonio Conte surprised many with his use of David Luiz.
The last minute additions of David Luiz and Marcos Alonso turned out to be masterstrokes, but Chelsea will be looking to bolster their defence regardless.
The game was played at a hectic pace from the first whistle, and the Gunners might well have won it as the hosts had to see out the final few minutes with 10 men, after the late sending off of David Luiz.
The president of Nice, Jean - Pierre Rivere said the above to RMC in May, of his star midfielder's then - considerable price tag — in a summer window where PSG's $ 50 million purchase of David Luiz was seen as colossal, and no player in Ligue 1 outside of James Rodriguez departed for more than $ 20 million.
My cynicism towards Chelsea's position in relation to the transfer window and deadline day were swiftly changed when rumors of David luiz making a sensational return began to look more and more likely.
It's early days, but the Blues look to have handled the transfer market masterfully, not least because their net outlay was minimal, largely thanks to the sale of David Luiz.
They effectively only had # 50m to spend last summer owing to FFP, and blew it all on the signing of David Luiz.
Paris Saint - Germain defender Serge Aurier says the club will miss the «craziness» of David Luiz following his deadline day move to Chelsea.
However, in the case of David Luiz and Gary Cahill, he's made a mistake; a mistake that he will likely never have to address should Chelsea continue their success.
An official statement on Chelsea's website said: «Chelsea Football Club and Paris Saint Germain have agreed terms for the transfer of David Luiz to the French club.
Chelsea have banked more than # 100m from the sales of David Luiz, Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku alone, money that has been handily used to bring in the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa and one wonders if Ramires himself would be considering his options.
However, there is a space in the Blues squad following the departure of David Luiz, and Mourinho could be tempted into making a move.
With Gary Cahill receiving criticism for poor performances, it also falls on the likes of David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger, and so perhaps Antonio Conte may feel that he still needs to strengthen in that department.
One of the very best centre - backs in the world, Gerard Pique is easily in ahead of Chelsea's defenders this season with the likes of David Luiz and Gary Cahill struggling.
He has struggled to unsettle the starting centre - back pairing of David Luiz and Thiago Silva, and while he earned some gametime at right - back during Serge Aurier's suspension, the Ivorian wideman returned to the starting XI for the Champions League draw with Manchester City.
The massive money signing of David Luiz last summer shows that the French champions have not had their spending completely stunted by new Financial Fair Play rules.
The departures of David Luiz, Kevin de Bruyne and Juan Mata brought in well over # 100million and funded moves for Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas last summer.

Not exact matches

Chelsea pair David Luiz and Marcos Alonso form half of the back four after guiding Chelsea to a win at Bournemouth, while Matt Lowton and James Collins of Burnley and West Ham respectively complete the backline after impressive displays of their own.
Sure, having piles of cash helps a great deal but when you can buy David Luiz for 50mil of Koscielny for 10mil it just isn't a black and white argument.
Koscielny has the habit of giving up in big games, he hardly endures a small knock like the way David Luiz can.
This was done with huge expenditures some of which did not yield intended results, such as the purchase of Mata, Torres, and David Luiz by Chelsea; and the purchase of Adebayor, Santa Cruiz, Ireland, etc by Man City.
The Argentine sparked chaos in the closing minutes of the game by taking out David Luiz with a very clear and blatant two footed act of aggression, which enticed a mini-brawl.
With former Premier League and La Liga stars like David Luiz, Angel Di Maria and Zlatan playing some of the best football of their respective careers in France, PSG appear on track to win yet another Ligue 1 title this season.
Not everyone's cup of tea, but there's no denying that former Chelsea star David Luiz brought some fine moments in a Blues shirt, with some real wondergoals and performances with flair.
The headline team news ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool tonight was that David Luiz had replaced injured Blues captain John Terry.
We saw clubs like Chelsea, yes Chelsea making big sales of the likes of Mata, De Bruyne and David Luiz in order to balance their books.
That will be music to the ears of Chelsea fans as with Gary Cahill and David Luiz on the wrong side of 30, Antonio Conte will arguably need to start thinking about rebuilding that part of his squad and he has previously been linked with making a # 53m bid for Koulibaly last summer, as per The Telegraph.
He was a loyal club member, and no I didn't want to see him go to a rival, but I don't understand why we couldn't have used the position to try and get David Luiz, who is clearly out of favour.
Plastic PSG enter the market for another statement signing - spending a world record # 50million fee for a defender on David Luiz (that's a lot of oil), while already having # 35million legendary defender, club captain & Marquinhos» idol - Thiago Silva at the club.
Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has insisted that he believes Chelsea defender David Luiz is on his way out of Stamford Bridge in the New Year.
Mohamed Elneny has found himself adopting said role in the side of late, and is a viable option to continue in that role as we move forward, much like David Luiz adopts in Chelsea's XI.
In turn, according to Diario Gol, as re-reported by The Express, Ramos wants to see the club act and that involves a three - man transfer shortlist which is made up of goalkeeper Kepa, Chelsea ace David Luiz and Inter striker Mauro Icardi.
Mourinho dropped Cech then got rid of Torres, Lampard, Eto, Schurrle, Salah David Luiz, Lukaku, Bertrand, Cole, Demba Ba.
Don't know why we didn't use the OG situation to try and get David Luiz — yes I know he can be a loose cannon, but he's out of favour, and would be looking for a move for the World Cup, and he'd be better in defence than 17m...
One of the leaders of this Brazilian team, former Chelsea centre back David Luiz showed his cool with a wonderful opening penalty in the shoot - out against Chile.
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This source claims a summer move for the attacker is more likely than a January one and Hulk may well jump at the chance of a move to the Premier League side, not least as he would join fellow national team colleagues David Luiz, Ramires and Oscar at the West London club.
Yes, the David Luiz who conceded 7 vs Germany and was benched at club level for much of the season.
David Luiz is in the team of the year.
Its not news that arsenal training methods needs to change, we are yet to categorise our players, not everybody can train hard as Sanchez for example, we have a lot of players not going to gym and doing what's needed or required of them, that's why we do get injuries, imagine if it was an Arsenal player that Aguero kicked like he did to David Luiz, that would be end of the season for that player.
As the Team of the Year was announced at the Ballon d'Or awards on Monday night, many fans, players and pundits alike were shocked to see PSG star David Luiz included despite achieving little else than making an inflated move to PSG from Chelsea.
The Argentine international was shown a straight red after a dreadful late lunge on David Luiz, which in turn sparked a late melee between the two sets of players.
Manchester United have been boosted in their pursuit of Chelsea defender David Luiz with the news that Arsenal have ended their interest in him.
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.
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