Interestingly, Chelsea offloaded the Brazil worldwide to PSG for £50 million back in 2014.
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The Brazilian defender, who left the Blues for Paris Saint-Germain just two years ago, has penned a three-year deal at Stamford Bridge.
The 29-year-old has a bigger responsibility at Chelsea this time around with his mentor John Terry accepting a lesser role and a pay cut in a new deal at the end of last season.
“The move is now subject to him agreeing personal terms and passing a medical”.
David Luiz and fellow deadline day signing Marcos Alonso will be welcomed by Antonio Conte, who had made clear his intentions to bolster the London side’s defensive stocks.
The 28-year-old winger spent last season on loan with the Turin side.
He’s probably coming back a worse player than when he left.
England goalkeeper Joe Hart moved to Torino, French midfielder Samir Nasri joined Sevilla, Ivorian striker Wilfried Bony has moved to Swansea City and French defender Eliaquim Mangala to Valencia.
Chelsea fans appear excited to have the 6-foot-3 defender back. “It’s a step up in my career”, Alonso said on Chelsea’s website.
A frustrated Chelsea then turned towards their former employee on the last day of the transfer window.
First for Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa and now Algeria’s Islam Slimani.
Spanish full-back Alonso has signed a five-year contract, Chelsea confirmed.
In addition to Manchester City’s Mangala, Spanish side Valencia signed Argentina worldwide centre-back Ezequiel Garay from Zenit St Petersburg for a reported 20 million euros.
Liverpool have offloaded Mario Balotelli to Nice to can draw a line under the Italian’s miserable spell at Anfield.
Luiz joined Chelsea from Benfica in January 2011 and made 143 appearances, scoring 12 goals, before his departure three-and-a-half-years later.
BOURNEMOUTH signed Jack Wilshere on a season-long loan from Arsenal.
He was a team-mate of Gary Cahill for 18 months before the England international’s move to Chelsea.
Middlesbrough signed Adama Traore from Aston Villa, Serge Gnabry swapped Arsenal for Werder Bremen and Liverpool sold Luis Alberto to Lazio.
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West Bromwich Albion snapped up Watford’s Cameroon defender Allan Nyom for £3 million.
