Pigeonho said:
Chelsea are Champions League, I reckon that's why he went there. He made the right choice from his personal point of view. He is an excellent player, been more than impressed with him.
Nope! the screw up was on our end. Chelsea ponied up the asking price, and we didn't put in an offer. Luiz would have gone to whoever wanted him. He wasn't particular about which one. His position all along was that he didn't mind staying at Benfica for now. Benfica tried to get the most they could for him, and we chickened out. The price we payed for having Kolo, Lescott and Boateng.
I guess the thinking was why pay 25 million for a position you already have 3 players and 60 million sunk into. They couldn' justify paying 85 million for one position in 2 years. They should have :(