Brazilian moves across
London in £8m transfer Iwobi leaves
Arsenal to join EvertonUnai 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.