🇧🇷 David Luiz

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Go back in time to last summer or fast forward to next summer and I would say this is great news, but now the timing is shite because we can't sign a replacement. And the other CB coming back soon from his injury is not some world class one let's be honest, I actually think Rudiger is not good enough either. 

Maybe David Luiz felt these past weeks Lamps does not trust him and I go with the gaffer here because this is not actually news for us, but it actually confirms what we all knew by now and this is that Luiz is not good enough and can't be trusted to lead a defence. 

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5 minutes ago, Strike said:

Finally something to discuss though 

lol

so true

thought is was going to be the only drama free summer of my Ches life

well

CHO still refusing to sign is not making me happy

[LAM09 7,056]

I don't really know why people keep on mentioning Azpi as a CB option. He played there in a 3-man defence, not 2. It's different situation altogether. Until I see him play as a CB in a back 4 and do well, I'd not consider him to be an option for that position!

Didn't he play as a CB against Frankfurt last season and the league game after IIRC?

I personally prefer him in that position, as he no longer has the pace to track running or the ability to be effective in the final third.

[Pizy 18,918]

Just think about all the times the ball is played back to Kepa under pressure and he then gives it to Luiz to make something happen. He'll now have to give the ball to Zouma who is awful on the ball when under pressure and Andreas who is decent on the ball in possession but doesn't do much at all with his passing. That's pretty scary to think about.

Means we'll have to be even more reliant on Jorginho dropping very deep to pick up the ball and recycle.

Like I said earlier, I think it'll work out for us in the coming years and will allow us to go big for a CB like maybe Koulibaly next summer. But it could give a Fabregas/Diego Costa like boost to Arse this season. Yuck.

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19 minutes ago, Strike said:

I would let him leave but not Arsenal!

actually, would MUCH rather Arse gets him than an actual badass CB like 

Rúben Dias

Ibrahima Konaté (shocked they have not made a move for him)

Konaté's teammate who they have went after Dayot Upamecano (I rate Konaté higher personally)

Manuel Akanji

Matthias Ginter

Nico Elvedi

Iñigo Martínez (he would be SCARY at Arse, he is amazing at distribution)

Stefan Savic

Jonathan Tah

Evan N'Dicka

hell even Rugani, BUT he is at dead bottom of this list

[coolhead23 1,147]

Wow ... says Luiz wants Arsenal move, thats great loyalty!!! If that is the case then seriously ship him out, I dont want him but the situation demands that we need experience bodies. However if this is coming from him then please make some one else's life miserable. 

I can see the next 2 days on Arsenal TV, Luiz is a great world class player and Arsenal should sign him ... he will be a rock in the defense, etc, etc, etc.

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8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Like I said earlier, I think it'll work out for us in the coming years and will allow us to go big for a CB like maybe Koulibaly next summer.

Kalidou Koulibaly turns 30 in 22 months and Napoli will still want £100m or so for him next summer, hard pass

No way should we buy a player for crazy quid who gives us only one under 30yo season.

Let Real Madrid take him, lololol

[Strike 7,490]

I somehow feel betrayed. Luiz was the one player in the squad I thought absolutely loved the club and would stay and fulfill a role 

[Jase 43,479]

This is gonna be awkward if Arsenal end up signing someone else...

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Just now, Strike said:

I somehow feel betrayed. Luiz was the one player in the squad I thought absolutely loved the club and would stay and fulfill a role 

Brasilian mercenary attitude

it isn't like that something new

it is why an absolutely superb AMF/Winger/CF hybrid in Talisca (between 3 leagues and also CL and EL, he has scored 72 goals and has 40 assists in his last 125 games) is in China, rather than manning up in in a major EU league (Oscar is another great example, much to our benefit in that case)

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13 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Didn't he play as a CB against Frankfurt last season and the league game after IIRC?

I personally prefer him in that position, as he no longer has the pace to track running or the ability to be effective in the final third.

Okay, he did play as a CB in the Leicester game, which I have no recollection of.  But it was just one game and it was a dead rubber. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Let him leave. He is not that good. Only thing that we will miss is that he won´t play his great through balls for us any more.Apart from that, he will not be missed. He never was a loyal player in the first place. Left us for PSG, scored against and celebrated against us like he won the CL final and now this shiPlayers like Hazard should be respected rather than this player. I never wanted him in thefirst place when Conte bought him. But later on I accepted him again and this shit again

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

This is gonna be awkward if Arsenal end up signing someone else...

I can so live with that versus the others on my list, he is the worst out of all them (save for Luiz)

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11 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Just think about all the times the ball is played back to Kepa under pressure and he then gives it to Luiz to make something happen. He'll now have to give the ball to Zouma who is awful on the ball when under pressure and Andreas who is decent on the ball in possession but doesn't do much at all with his passing. That's pretty scary to think about.

Means we'll have to be even more reliant on Jorginho dropping very deep to pick up the ball and recycle.

Like I said earlier, I think it'll work out for us in the coming years and will allow us to go big for a CB like maybe Koulibaly next summer. But it could give a Fabregas/Diego Costa like boost to Arse this season. Yuck.

I'm genuinely curious about his passing statistics from last season because his passing can be hit-and-miss a lot!

[LAM09 7,056]

Okay, he did play as a CB in the Leicester game, which I have no recollection of. [emoji38] But it was just one game and it was a dead rubber. 

Give it time, then. [emoji6]

[the wes 7,212]

14 minutes ago, Strike said:

I somehow feel betrayed. Luiz was the one player in the squad I thought absolutely loved the club and would stay and fulfill a role 

Love the club lol are we talking about the same fella who celebrated like a crazy man when he scored against us for psg 

[Stats 7,145]

LOL. Can't believe there is transfer drama involving us whilst on a ban. You couldn't make it up.

Regardless of people's opinions of him, we should not be selling to them. Even if we had a transfer ban, he is better and a lot better than all their current CB and would improve them, He also would create even more chances of their deadly strikeforce. Not surprised they want him. I will actually be livid to see this happen.

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7 minutes ago, Jason said:

I'm genuinely curious about his passing statistics from last season because his passing can be hit-and-miss a lot!

https://www.sofascore.com/sv/spelare/david-luiz/21300

 

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/27586/History/David-Luiz

LU PLONKER 

David Luiz to blame for 64 per cent of goals Chelsea let in… and he doesn’t care

Brazilian has been responsible for seven of the Blues' 11 goals conceded this term with fans running out of patience

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7837042/david-luiz-fault-64-per-cent-chelsea-goals/

[Pizy 18,918]

Luiz long balls over the top to the rapid Auba/Pepe. 

Luiz defending against top teams with that Arse defense. 😂

He'd deadly for them against the small teams they normally dominate. Liability against the big boys just as he has been for us.

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1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Luiz long balls over the top to the rapid Auba/Pepe. 

Luiz defending against top teams with that Arse defense. 😂

He'd deadly for them against the small teams they normally dominate. Liability against the big boys just as he has been for us.

He does have his good games against big teams too. Thought him and Christensen were very solid in the EL final against Arsenal where a lot of people were expecting their strikers to run rings around our defence. He was also arguably imo MOTM against City along with Kante when we beat them 2-0 and ended their unbeaten run and thought he was also arguably MOTM along with Kante once again when we beat Spurs 2-0. In terms of all our home fixtures against the big teams last season he played really well. Had some dodgy away games but he would be a big upgrade for them from what they already have.