Chelsea stick up huge picture of David Luiz on club store window… before sudden Arsenal transfer
CHELSEA have undergone a makeover at the club’s megastore, but someone seemed to have forgot that David Luiz had left.
Luiz joined Arsenal in an £8million deal on deadline day on Thursday and it cushioned the blow for Unai Emery of losing Laurent Koscielny who signed for Bordeaux.
Previously, Eden Hazard was the face of the Blues’ megastore before completing a big-money switch to Real Madrid earlier this summer.
But after deadline day, an enlarged image of Luiz swamped the store which may have caused some embarrassment.
A football fan – who went by the name of Niall Moran – posted the snap on Twitter and the caption read: “Chelsea have just finished changing the face of their megastore from Eden Hazard to David Luiz… Someone out there right now is very frustrated.”
Some fans saw the funny side, with one tweeting: “Put Kante next. Down to earth, no-nonsense and loyal.”
Another wrote: “It’s a Chelsea thing.”
Luiz’s deal was announced a couple of hours after the summer window closed.
The Brazilian defender had found out he was no longer in Frank Lampard‘s first team plans before he made a quick dash across London.
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Upon signing for the Gunners, he said: “The cycle finished there. It was a conversation between me and Chelsea and everybody. I had an opportunity to come to another big club.
“I think not too many players would make this kind of move, they would maybe be scared, or something like that.
“I’m just trying to do big things in my life, so like I said, my cycle at Chelsea finished and now I’m excited to start a new chapter of my life here.”