{"id":501901,"date":"2019-08-08T03:25:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T07:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=501901"},"modified":"2019-08-08T03:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T07:27:09","slug":"report-arsenal-complete-the-signing-of-chelsea-defender-david-luiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/08\/report-arsenal-complete-the-signing-of-chelsea-defender-david-luiz\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Arsenal Complete the Signing of Chelsea Defender David Luiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Ornstein of the BBC is reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/arsenalfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> have sensationally completed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c0e27d1a\/David-Luiz\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Luiz<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/chelseafootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> for a fee in the region of \u00a38 million. The Brazilian will sign a 2-year deal at The Emirates.<\/p>\n<h2>David Luiz Signs For Arsenal<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arsenal have reached an agreement with Chelsea to sign centre-back David Luiz for \u00a38m. 32yo Brazil international will sign a 2yr contract. Deal for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney 5yrs, fee \u00a325m. Medicals today ahead of putting pen to paper before 5pm deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CelticFc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CelticFc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1159357224088756229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Last Season<\/h3>\n<p>The Brazilian was a key figure under previous manager Maurizio Sarri last season. He made a total of 42 appearances last season, scoring three goals. Luiz also started the Europa League final win over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>His defensive statistics made for positive reading. Last season he made a total of 41 tackles in the Premier League, completing 76% of them successfully.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Has David Luiz Left Cheslea?<\/h3>\n<p>Everything appeared normal between David Luiz and Chelsea up until yesterday. There were reports that the 32-year-old had fallen out with the hierarchy at Stamford Bridge. This was after they could not promise him a sufficient amount of game time this season.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of his fallen out, Luiz was forced to train with Chelsea&#8217;s academy players yesterday.<\/p>\n<h3>How Will David Luiz Fit In At Arsenal?<\/h3>\n<p>Luiz wll significantly improve Arsenal&#8217;s defence ahead of their new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal manager Unai Emery is short of quality in the centre of defence. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3f2d59fe\/Shkodran-Mustafi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shkodran Mustafi<\/a> made several mistakes last season; while <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b682dcf6\/Sokratis-Papastathopoulos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sokratis<\/a> failed to deliver last season. Arsenal are in desperate need of quality in their defence.<\/p>\n<h3>A Short Team Solution<\/h3>\n<p>Despite a signing of Luiz&#8217;s magnitude. Some may argue that he is a short team solution to Arsenal&#8217;s defensive problems due to his age.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian is now 32 years old and likely only has a one or two more seasons playing at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Arsenal may have been worthwhile searching for a younger alternative. They were reportedly looking at RB Leipzig centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d248cd8f\/Dayot-Upamecano\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dayot Upamecano<\/a>. However, his transfer fee proved too expensive for The Gunners, potentially over \u00a350 million on the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"mE68lYPGQihmq5josVxbDg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1159312088\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mE68lYPGQihmq5josVxbDg',sig:'TMqOyG568IN-iYZLwzxMf36vcYwUpfVOZCEWczz6Cdc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1159312088',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ornstein of the BBC is reporting that Arsenal have sensationally completed the signing of David Luiz from Chelsea for a fee in the region of \u00a38 million. The Brazilian will sign a 2-year deal at The Emirates. David Luiz Signs For Arsenal Arsenal have reached an agreement with Chelsea to sign centre-back David Luiz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":502209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,11,2,3,28],"tags":[32738,46,108,40,136],"class_list":["post-501901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-chelsea","category-featured","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-chelsea","tag-david-luiz","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Shiven Mohindra","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}