Chelsea also completed the signing of Spanish left back Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina for 24 million pounds, making them the Premier League’s biggest spenders on the final day.
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In 2014, the Brazilian worldwide departed Stamford Bridge for PSG in a £50 million deal that made him the most expensive defender of all-time.
Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has told BBC Sport that Antonio Conte has put himself under added pressure by re-signing David Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain.
There were club record deals for Sunderland and Burnley.
Chelsea confirms David Luiz has re-joined the club from PSG on a three-year deal for a fee believed to be in the region of £30m.
Luiz says he is “delighted to return to Chelsea” and wants “to help the team and [coach] Antonio Conte achieve a lot of success”.
Chelsea confirmed earlier on Wednesday that they had agreed a deal with PSG, reportedly worth £34million, to bring Luiz back to Stamford Bridge.
The 29-year-old England goalkeeper has lost his starting spot at City since coach Pep Guardiola arrived during the off-season, falling to third choice behind new signing Claudio Bravo and Willy Caballero.
The 28-year-old winger spent last season on loan with the Turin side.
Meanwhile, Chelsea’s United States defender Matt Miazga has joined Vitesse Arnhem on loan until the end of the season.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart joined Torino, Samir Nasri departed for Sevilla and Eliaquim Mangala made the move to Valencia.
“The Premier League is where it is at, clubs have to spend money”.
English champions Leicester City broke their transfer record with the pound sterling29.7 million capture of Sporting Lisbon’s Algerian striker Islam Slimani, who agreed a five-year contract.
Chelsea take on Swansea City in their next Premier League fixture on September 11.
According to French media outlet L’Equipe it was in fact Luiz’s PSG teammate Presnel Kimpembe who was the desired target for Chelsea before opting to resign the Brazilian defender, on the basis he offered more experience.
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Liverpool have offloaded Mario Balotelli to Nice to can draw a line under the Italian’s miserable spell at Anfield.
