{"id":1137446,"date":"2020-03-20T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1137446"},"modified":"2020-03-20T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:36:14","slug":"arsenal-news-david-luiz-chelsea-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-news-david-luiz-chelsea-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"“People were saying, \u2018Come back, come back…” – David Luiz explains emotional toll of leaving Chelsea for Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Luiz says Chelsea staff members were pleading with him to return to the club after he joined Arsenal over the summer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luiz departed Stamford Bridge for the second time in August, moving to the Emirates in a deal worth a reported \u00a38m as then-Arsenal manager Unai Emery looked to shore up his defence.<\/p>\n

Why did Luiz leave Chelsea? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Luiz left Chelsea for a second time over the summer, joining Arsenal for \u00a38m in one of the transfer window’s biggest shocks.<\/li>\n
  • The move appears to have followed a disagreement with manager Frank Lampard.<\/li>\n
  • Luiz once said an “honest conversation” with Lampard led him to see they “had a different idea of the future of the game”.<\/li>\n
  • Lampard maintains publicly that Luiz is a player he “respects.”<\/li>\n
  • A renowned long-range passer, Luiz averages 5.2 ‘long balls’ per game – only three centre-backs (Coady, Dunk and Van Dijk) have a higher average.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n