Surprising everyone and delighting Chelsea fans on transfer deadline day, the London club decided to bring back David Luiz to Stamford Bridge for a second spell.
At least, that’s what Unai Emery seemed to say when asked about the Brazilian’s transfer during a press conference ahead of the Ligue 1 champions’ clash against Saint-Etienne at the weekend.
He said, relayed by Calciomercato: “I wanted to keep David Luiz here. He told me he’d received a great offer from Chelsea and that he wanted to leave.”
So it appears that Paris Saint-Germain weren’t that keen to sell their defender after all, but when an offer giving them the chance to get most of their money back on a 30-year-old defender landed on their desk, you can understand why they took it.
And if David Luiz was promised a starting role under Antonio Conte, then he probably didn’t have to think twice about it.
