David Luiz

[kellzfresh 7,229]

A when just an year ago he had just completed a great season and was branded by many the future Chelsea captain... Goes to show how unpredictable football is and things can change in a flash.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I laugh at those on here that are sort of ridiculing Luiz's talent. Bayern, Barcelona and PSG (all top teams that were interested in him) are not stupid. The price might be over excessive but an on form Luiz will be a special player for PSG.

PSG had to blow the competition away with a huge bid to ensure that they got him over the other teams involved, coupled with the fact that he was pretty highly regarded here and us not truly being a selling club... It's easy to understand why the price for him was this high.

The same way Cahill has benefitted and improved due to playing in a system that favours his strengths is the same way Luiz will improve and benefit at PSG.

All the best David.

Finally someone who talks sense,

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Favourite Luiz performances? Mine :

1. Munich

2. QPR away 11-12 Foygate

3. City away this season

United 10-11 has to be up there. THAT goal is one of my favorites.

[The Skipper 20,609]

United 10-11 has to be up there. THAT goal is one of my favorites.

He always had good games against United. Last year when Mata scored the winner he was impervious at the back, kept RVP in his pocket.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I laugh at people who say Luiz was not first choice, he was only not first choice in Mourinho's defensive teams which failed to use his strenghs well, every other Chelsea manager before Mourinho thought he was first choice, dont get this at all Terry is 33 Cahill is average, Zouma inexperienced, Ivanovic is not gettin any young, Kalas is not trusted by Mourinho so why sell a world class CB who is in his prime ?? When u dont have a ready made replacement, dont tell me Terry will play another season like last season because he simply wont just like Ferdinand (Ferdinand played well in the season before this and was utter shit this season)

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Le Parisian and L'Equipe and BBC have him at £40m so I'm inclined to believe those figures.

After reading all the sources, I think it is an original fee of 40.1m that can reach about 48m with add-ons and bonuses.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He always had good games against United. Last year when Mata scored the winner he was impervious at the back, kept RVP in his pocket.

Yeah, remember that. That also coincided with his best form for us. He was by far the best defender in the league the last few months of last season.

[kobematabryant 400]

My best moment of David Luiz is when he scored that amazing Ronaldo-esque free kick against Basel in injury time, making it 2-1 in Europa League semi final.

[edetarod 2,155]

my memory of him will always be his celebration when Drogba scored the penalty

[xPetrCechx 13,569]

So 50 Mil Euro Or 50 Mil Pounds?

[The_Flash 1,144]

This year was supposed to transition but is losing or selling all out players will surely make next season even more of a transition?

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

He's been a good player for us, with the odd exceptional game. But no where near an 'exceptional' player. I'll always think Munich when I remember this guy, he was incredible that day, just like the other twelve that played apart that day.

But a fee in the region of £45m is great business, so thank you David and well done Chelsea.

Yeah. He was a good player for us with an occasional great performance. He also managed to get benched by just about every manager we had at some point for brainless mistakes. He'll do well at PSG because PSG doesn't require their defenders to defend much. They are dominant in their league and just go for attack. The Premier League requires a more consistent, responsible defender who takes fewer risks and turns the ball over less. I would have been happy with 30M for him.

[Polo7 3,496]

I laugh at people who say Luiz was not first choice, he was only not first choice in Mourinho's defensive teams which failed to use his strenghs well, every other Chelsea manager before Mourinho thought he was first choice, dont get this at all Terry is 33 Cahill is average, Zouma inexperienced, Ivanovic is not gettin any young, Kalas is not trusted by Mourinho so why sell a world class CB who is in his prime ?? When u dont have a ready made replacement, dont tell me Terry will play another season like last season because he simply wont just like Ferdinand (Ferdinand played well in the season before this and was utter shit this season)

Because luiz isn't a world class cb.

[The Mak 4,459]

Yeah. He was a good player for us with an occasional great performance. He also managed to get benched by just about every manager we had at some point for brainless mistakes. He'll do well at PSG because PSG doesn't require their defenders to defend much. They are dominant in their league and just go for attack. The Premier League requires a more consistent, responsible defender who takes fewer risks and turns the ball over less. I would have been happy with 30M for him.

I've been suggesting we sell him for the past two years because of the exact issues you've highlighted...I was lambasted every time!

As I said at the time, there is only so long a club like Chelsea can wait for this supposed 'world class' defender to consistently show up, especially when he seemed to continue to make the same mistakes he was making when he first arrived at 26/27. In the end, he just wasn't suited to the PL. He'll do very well in pretty much any other European league.

[The Skipper 20,609]

As I said at the time, there is only so long a club like Chelsea can wait for this supposed 'world class' defender to consistently show up, especially when he seemed to continue to make the same mistakes he was making when he first arrived at 26/27. In the end, he just wasn't suited to the PL. He'll do very well in pretty much any other European league.

I disagree with this, because Luiz was showing that consistency in the second half of last season (something a lot of people seem to overlook), and also carried on this form into the Confederations Cup for Brazil. He was just very unfortunate when he came back - injured, no real rest over the summer and no pre season whatsoever... That set him back a bit this season because he was well on his way to really establishing himself as a top CB this season.

It's not that he isn't suited to the PL, it really just depends in what system he plays, as with any player. For example, I think he would've been great at Man City, especially next to Kompany, or maybe even Liverpool or Arsenal. He just isn't as useful in the system that Mourinho implemented. But that happens - same way how JT was barely used by Benitez last year and looked pretty much done as a top CB... It doesn't mean that he suddenly lost it all - just that it took a different system to bring out his strengths again and that's why he's been magnificent in general this time around.

As I said before, in the right system he'll be invaluable to any team especially if he has a good season. He does obviously have the ability to play for a team in the stature of ours, hence why clubs like Bayern, Barca and PSG were after him.