Done DEAL!!! David Luiz says ‘Allez Paris’ after PSG agree £50m fee with Chelsea
Paris Saint-Germain are expected to complete a deal for David Luiz
before the World Cup after agreeing a fee understood to be about £50m
with Chelsea for the transfer of the Brazilian
The deal, which will be a world record for a defender, remains subject to a medical and personal terms, but the player wrote on Twitter: “Tks CFC for this time of great partnership. I’m thankful for all! It’s a new challenge and together we’ll go even further. Allez Paris!”
The French champions expect the formalities to be completed on 10 June, when the transfer market reopens.
PSG said in a statement: “We have reached an agreement on the conditions for a future transfer of the Brazilian international defender … To satisfy the desire of the player to prepare and play in the best possible conditions the World Cup in his country, the willingness of both clubs and David Luiz was to achieve a fast agreement, one between Paris St-Germain and Chelsea FC and the other between the Paris club and the player to formalise the transfer from the opening of the transfer window.”
Barcelona and Bayern Munich were reportedly also pursuing the Brazilian, who has spent three and a half seasons at Stamford Bridge. The 27-year-old joined from Benfica in January 2011, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract in a deal reportedly worth £21m, so the move represents a healthy profit for Chelsea. José Mourinho will hope to reinvest the funds in his squad, with the Atlético Madrid striker Diego Costa still his top target.
David Luiz made 143 appearances for Chelsea – 34 of them in the season just finished, including against PSG in the Champions League quarter-finals – scoring 12 goals. He was primarily used in defensive midfield by Mourinho after being unable to break up the central defensive partnership of John Terry and Gary Cahill.
Tomas Kalas will be given further first-team opportunities at Chelsea next season, and Kurt Zouma, signed from Saint-Etienne in January and immediately loaned back to the French side, will also play a part.
There is still a prospect of further high-profile departures from Stamford Bridge, following the publication of the Premier League’s retained and released players’ list. The club’s record goalscorer, Frank Lampard, who is 36 in June, Samuel Eto’o and Ashley Cole were on Chelsea’s list, as their contracts expire on 30 June.
Lampard’s appearance on the list does not mean his departure is inevitable, although Chelsea are still to clarify if the midfielder, who joined the club in June 2001, will stay or move on. Cole, though, has suggested he is likely to leave Chelsea this summer, and Eto’o is expected to leave at the end of his one-season deal. The goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer and Henrique Hilário are also on the list, as are several youngsters, including Sam Hutchinson and Milan Lalkovic.
The deal, which will be a world record for a defender, remains subject to a medical and personal terms, but the player wrote on Twitter: “Tks CFC for this time of great partnership. I’m thankful for all! It’s a new challenge and together we’ll go even further. Allez Paris!”
The French champions expect the formalities to be completed on 10 June, when the transfer market reopens.
PSG said in a statement: “We have reached an agreement on the conditions for a future transfer of the Brazilian international defender … To satisfy the desire of the player to prepare and play in the best possible conditions the World Cup in his country, the willingness of both clubs and David Luiz was to achieve a fast agreement, one between Paris St-Germain and Chelsea FC and the other between the Paris club and the player to formalise the transfer from the opening of the transfer window.”
Barcelona and Bayern Munich were reportedly also pursuing the Brazilian, who has spent three and a half seasons at Stamford Bridge. The 27-year-old joined from Benfica in January 2011, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract in a deal reportedly worth £21m, so the move represents a healthy profit for Chelsea. José Mourinho will hope to reinvest the funds in his squad, with the Atlético Madrid striker Diego Costa still his top target.
David Luiz made 143 appearances for Chelsea – 34 of them in the season just finished, including against PSG in the Champions League quarter-finals – scoring 12 goals. He was primarily used in defensive midfield by Mourinho after being unable to break up the central defensive partnership of John Terry and Gary Cahill.
Tomas Kalas will be given further first-team opportunities at Chelsea next season, and Kurt Zouma, signed from Saint-Etienne in January and immediately loaned back to the French side, will also play a part.
There is still a prospect of further high-profile departures from Stamford Bridge, following the publication of the Premier League’s retained and released players’ list. The club’s record goalscorer, Frank Lampard, who is 36 in June, Samuel Eto’o and Ashley Cole were on Chelsea’s list, as their contracts expire on 30 June.
Lampard’s appearance on the list does not mean his departure is inevitable, although Chelsea are still to clarify if the midfielder, who joined the club in June 2001, will stay or move on. Cole, though, has suggested he is likely to leave Chelsea this summer, and Eto’o is expected to leave at the end of his one-season deal. The goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer and Henrique Hilário are also on the list, as are several youngsters, including Sam Hutchinson and Milan Lalkovic.
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