{"id":617382,"date":"2022-09-01T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617382"},"modified":"2022-09-01T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:09:35","slug":"arsenal-bid-aston-villa-douglas-luiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/arsenal-bid-aston-villa-douglas-luiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Have Second Bid Rejected for Aston Villa Midfielder; Personal Terms Agreed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/arsenal-outcast-hector-bellerin-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> have had a second bid for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/arsenal-aston-villa-douglas-luiz-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a> midfielder Douglas Luiz rejected, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph&#8217;s Jason Burt<\/a>. The bid was reportedly around the \u00a323 million mark, with Arsenal keen on the Brazilian following injuries to Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old scored directly from a corner against Arsenal during Aston Villa&#8217;s 2-1 loss at the Emirates on 31 August, and the club launched their opening bid shortly after.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Aston Villa Reject Second Arsenal Bid for Douglas Luiz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXC:  Aston Villa reject second bid from Arsenal for Douglas Luiz &#8211; worth \u00a323m. Arsenal considering what to do now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ob0k66kY0T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ob0k66kY0T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Burt (@JBurtTelegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph\/status\/1565381277380902915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Time Running Out in the Window<\/h3>\n<p>With just a few hours remaining before the transfer deadline, Arsenal are running out of time to secure a player who would add key depth to their midfield. Aston Villa are taking the strong stance that Luiz will remain at Villa Park, meaning Arsenal may have to look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>A move for heavily-linked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/transfer-news\/breaking-youri-tielemans-arsenal-transfer-24909647\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youri Tielemans<\/a> has not materialised whilst any links to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11164337\/Arsenal-make-20m-bid-Palmeiras-midfielder-Danilo-Mikel-Arteta-tries-add-depth.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danilo<\/a> of Palmeiras have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/transfer-news\/danilo-arsenal-transfer-edu-priority-24901723\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quickly denied<\/a>, with the Brazilian not likely to move before January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/09\/01\/aston-villa-reveal-stance-on-douglas-luiz-amid-arsenal-liverpool-and-chelsea-interest-17279959\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atletico Madrid and Liverpool<\/a> have also expressed interest in Luiz, but the Brazilian is reportedly keen on a move to the Emirates, who already have Brazilians Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Marquinhos within their ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Luiz has already agreed personal terms with Arsenal according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, so it is now just a matter of agreeing a deal with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Douglas Luiz, pushing to join Arsenal. He wants the move and official talks are ongoing on \u00a320m fee \u2014 personal terms not an issue. \ud83d\udea8\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 <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\/DeadlineDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DeadlineDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa will also announce Dendoncker as new signing soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2I2OTaWOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/K2I2OTaWOX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1565306496291840002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Midfield Injury Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/08\/30\/mohamed-elneny-suffers-significant-injury-that-could-change-arsenal-transfer-plans-17265941\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohamed Elneny<\/a> set to be out for a lengthy spell and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/partey-zinchenko-arsenal-aston-villa-b1021772.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Partey<\/a> already injured with a reoccurrence of a previous injury, Arsenal may have been dealt another blow as captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1662974\/Arsenal-Mikel-Arteta-Martin-Odegaard-injury-update-Aston-Villa-win-Premier-League\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Odegaard<\/a> departed the pitch against Aston Villa with what appeared to be an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>If the Norweigan is also injured, then Arsenal would have a real crisis in midfield, and signing Luiz would go some way to alleviating the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal may return with yet another bid to land Luiz despite insistence that he is not for sale, as the necessity for an experienced body in midfield grows even more.<\/p>\n<h3>The Right Profile<\/h3>\n<p>With Mikel Arteta and Edu Gaspar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-fc-transfer-news-arteta-jesus-tielemans-b1001107.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously stressing<\/a> the importance of signing quality over quantity in the window, Douglas Luiz is seemingly an ideal fit for this young, high-flying Arsenal side.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is already heavily experienced in the Premier League like summer signings Gabriel Jesus and Oleksander Zinchenko. As a Brazil international, Luiz would fit into a dressing room with several Portuguese speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta would be familiar with Luiz&#8217;s qualities, having been at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/borussia-dortmund-defender-akanji-manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> when Luiz originally signed for the club before being loaned out to Girona in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In desperate need of a rotational defensive midfielder, Luiz&#8217;s strong tackling and ball-carrying abilities should mean he is ready to adapt to Arsenal&#8217;s way of playing immediately and could come into the side straight away to play behind Granit Xhaka and Martin Odegaard.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are now facing a race against time to complete the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have had a second bid for Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz rejected, according to The Telegraph&#8217;s Jason Burt. The bid was reportedly around the \u00a323 million mark, with Arsenal keen on the Brazilian following injuries to Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny. The 24-year-old scored directly from a corner against Arsenal during Aston Villa&#8217;s 2-1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4304,"featured_media":617412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[8,3838,3,7188],"tags":[3190,7807,3978],"class_list":["post-617382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-aston-villa","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-aston-villa-transfers","tag-douglas-luiz"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617382","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\/4304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}