Today’s Sun reported that the Catalan side were considering a £27.million bid for the Brazilian central defender. Luiz, 24, joined Chelsea in January last year and immediately made an impression in the Premier League. He scored two important goals and was a key figure in maintaining Chelsea as runner up behind Manchester United.
Pep Guardiola is looking for a new central defender as Barcelona’s captain, Carles Puyol, his suffering from a long-term knee injury.
The Sun reports that Guardiola asked his sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta to follow up on a meeting between Barca president and Luiz’s agent in Brazil.
