- Brazilian moves across London in £8m transfer
- Iwobi leaves Arsenal to join Everton
Unai Emery’s remoulding of the Arsenal squad has gained significant traction with the deadline day arrivals of David Luiz and the Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney, taking their summer expenditure up to £110m.
Both signings were confirmed towards the end of a brisk day’s business that also saw Alex Iwobi depart for Everton. That move, believed to be for around £35m, became necessary to help balance the books but the bigger talking point was David Luiz’s surprise £8m move from Chelsea. Arsenal were already short of convincing centre-back options before Laurent Koscielny left for Bordeaux on Tuesday but the Brazilian’s availability, which became apparent late in pre-season amid suggestions some of his relationships at Chelsea had broken down, goes some way towards filling the void.
Written by Nick Ames
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/08/arsenal-set-to-complete-8m-signing-of-david-luiz-from-chelsea-kieran-tierney under the title “David Luiz and Kieran Tierney join Arsenal with Alex Iwobi departing”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
