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Chelsea Couldn't Believe Arsenal Wanted Luiz, Says Cascarino by herosport: 4:45pm On Dec 28, 2019 |
A former Blue says his old club
were surprised when the
Gunners came in for a enigmatic
defender during the summer
transfer window
Chelsea couldn't believe that
Arsenal were so eager to sign
David Luiz in the last transfer
window, according to Tony
Cascarino.
Luiz's second spell at Stamford
Bridge came to end on August 8
when he completed an £8 million
($11m) switch to Emirates
Stadium.
The Brazilian has always been
error-prone, but his final year at
Chelsea was arguably his worst
yet, and Frank Lampard made it
clear that he would not be in his
plans for the 2019-20 campaign.
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Arsenal might have hoped that a
Champions League winner with
bags of experience would help
solve their defensive issues, but
he has so far failed to endear
himself to the Emirates Stadium
faithful.
The Gunners have slipped to
11th in the Premier League table
after 19 fixtures, eight points
behind fourth-place Chelsea with
28 to their name in the goals-
against column already.
Cascarino says that the Blues
were surprised Arsenal wanted
to bring in "their poorest
defender", and jumped at the
chance to sell Luiz to a direct rival
for a cut-price fee.
When asked to name the worst
signing of the summer in his
latest column for The Times, the
ex-Chelsea striker wrote: "David
Luiz.
"When Arsenal bought the Brazil
defender in the summer for £8m
I know that Chelsea’s reaction
was: ‘Wow, they’ve taken our
poorest defender’.
"You have that familiar image of
him chasing after a forward who
has got behind him: opponents
always know that the 32-year-old
will give them space by
wandering out of position.
"He is a fine footballer who
sprays the ball around well but
for a player with so much
experience his defending is not
good enough."
Luiz will likely retain his spot in
Arsenal's starting line-up when
they come up against his former
employers at the Emirates on
Sunday .
Mikel Arteta will be looking for
his first win since succeeding
Unai Emery as the Gunners new
permanent manager when they
take on Chelsea, who lost 2-0 to
Southampton in their last outing.
Arsenal showed signs of
improvement during a 1-1 draw
at Bournemouth on Boxing Day,
and will be hoping to notch a
win during the busy festive
period.
Arteta will then start preparing
his squad for another crucial
home fixture against Manchester
United on New Year's Day, three
days before they open their
latest FA Cup campaign with a
third-round tie against Leeds. |
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