“It will be an wonderful opportunity for me to show the fans again how I love this club and how I love to play for this club”.
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“Of course I want to win the Premier League, but of course I want to win all the other titles [Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup] again”.
Premier League champions Leicester City also grabbed headlines with the club-record £28m acquisition of Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani, reuniting the Algerian with global team-mate Riyad Mahrez at the King Power Stadium.
Luiz, who won two consecutive Ligue 1 crowns with PSG, said he wanted to fight for more trophies with Chelsea.
Everton consoled themselves with a loan deal for West Ham United’s Ecuadorean forward Enner Valencia.
At Manchester City, five players who have fallen out of favour under new manager Pep Guardiola left Eastlands on season-long loans.
Manchester City, who splashed out millions on players such as England defender John Stones earlier in the widnow, were among the clubs trimming their squads on deadline day.
Wilfried Bony pitched up at Stoke City, French centre-back Eliaquim Mangala signed for Valencia and defender Jason Denayer joined Sunderland.
Both the clubs confirmed the news of their Twitter handles as well as on their official websites.
Burnley were another club to make the biggest purchase in their history, buying Irish midfielder Jeff Hendrick from Derby County for a reported pound sterling10 million.
Although he endured criticism for some haphazard defending during his first Chelsea stint, Luiz helped the club win the Champions League for the first time when they defeated Bayern Munich in the 2012 final.
He spent 2014/15 on loan at Malaga, where he also struggled for playing time, before a more successful spell with Deportivo La Coruna last season, where he scored six goals in 29 La Liga appearances.
Arsenal’s injury-prone England global midfielder Jack Wilshere, 24, was loaned to Bournemouth after slipping down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium.
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In Germany, Werder Bremen signed German winger Serge Gnabry from Arsenal and Hamburg made a 10 mn euros (B386mn) move to bring Brazilian defender Douglas to the club from Atletico Mineiro.
