David Luiz

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Pires had loads of French players playing alongside him at Arsenal. Henry and Viera to name a couple.

True! Not to mention his manager haha. But that's why Ferreira is a more than useful asset to the club

[Term-X 7,891]

[LDN Blue 7,903]

in fairness, most didn't know about Luiz till now.

[Term-X 7,891]

in fairness, most didn't know about Luiz till now.

Just realised I voted for Cahill, lmao. Although his potential price tag, and the fact he would have counted as 'home-grown' were the deciding factors.

[BLionheart 516]

in fairness, most didn't know about Luiz till now.

i remember some calling me a stupid moron because i said luiz is better than alex and ivanovic back then .

[Badboy 1,526]

All the people who voted for Cahill instead of Luiz should be ashamed of themselves.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Easy to say that in hindsight.

No-one knew we would get him for £21 million. The price quoted was closer to £30-40 million.

[Term-X 7,891]

All the people who voted for Cahill instead of Luiz should be ashamed of themselves.

It was in a period of low cost targets though, nobody knew Roman would splash the cash again, well.. not like that anyway.

[Chelsea Zone 1]

Ok I love Roman over this! I thought David Luiz was just going to be a good cover up for us and our future defender. But when he came and played these 5 matches he is a legend a new legend. This guy scored the 2 most important goals against the two Manchesters! What do you want better than that from a new defender. On top of that he said you did not see the David Luiz yet as he will still perform as amazing as possible.

What a loved star! Can not wait him to see against Stoke City tomorrow if he hopefully plays.

Check this David Luiz video out I made it because I really wanted to show people how this guy is the future best defender in the world. I wanted to share this with you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSxhMJTB_g

[Steve 10,227]

[Chelsea Zone 1]

Congrats to Luiz for Player of the Month! HE DESERVES IT!

[TomCFC 357]

Well deserved. Carlo too.

[Madmax 9,219]

"He is a fantastic defender with the ball," Ancelotti said. "He has to improve without the ball and he has to be more focused defensively but obviously he will improve.

Bingo.

"He will be the future of Chelsea. In our kind of football it is important for the centre-backs to start to play from the back with clean passes."

Building from the back - no more lumping it up to Drogba and hoping for the best. Good stuff.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

The Baresi role.

Franco Baresi was one of the best at building from the back, he used to be the one to carry the ball from the keeper, to link up the attacking play. Kind of like the Defensive midfielder role, except with Baresi you didn't need that holding player, you could put a more attacking midfielder on with the knowledge of knowing service would come from the back. Luiz can definitely achieve that role, but he has to stay more disciplined.

[spuz 143]

He had a stinker against Stoke.

He needs to stop trying that shoulder block tackle so much,it didn't work against Stoke.

Still class though.