Thiago Silva, the Paris St Germain captain, has revealed teammate David Luiz is “very excited” about returning to Stamford Bridge for the second leg of their Uefa Champions League tie with Chelsea.
Luiz spent two-and-a-half seasons at the London club before moving to Paris last summer in a deal reported to be worth £50 million (DH 276.2m).
During his time at Chelsea, the Brazilian defender won the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the Uefa Champions League.
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Luiz will now head to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday aiming to prevent his former club from winning their second Champions League title.
“David Luiz is very excited to go back to Chelsea,” Silva said following PSG’s 4-1 victory over Lens that sent the Ligue 1 champions top of the table. “He had great memories there, he helped them to win the Champions League — so I would be very surprised if the Chelsea fans gave him anything other than a fantastic reception.
“He is a winner though, yes he has good memories of Chelsea, but his only objective will be to knock them out — and for us to progress.”
With the tie in the balance after the 1-1 draw in Paris, Silva is confident his team has what it takes to progress to the quarter-finals.
“We are better equipped than last year to beat Chelsea,” said Thiago Silva, referring to last year’s showdown when Chelsea overcame a 3-1 deficit at the same stage to eliminate Paris. “Even if you look at the game in Paris, we were the better team no doubt. If it was not for an unbelievable performance from their goalkeeper we would have won the game and would be travelling to London with the lead, we must take heart from that.”
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