{"id":533142,"date":"2023-10-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533142"},"modified":"2023-10-27T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:00:00","slug":"sources-big-update-on-arsenal-signing-douglas-luiz-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-big-update-on-arsenal-signing-douglas-luiz-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Big update on Arsenal signing Douglas Luiz in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz is unlikely to be the subject of a January bid from Arsenal, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is a long-term admirer of the 25-year-old Brazil international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Luiz is a key man at Villa Park and the Midlands giants are unwilling to lose him mid-season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, Aston Villa are under no pressure to sell as they are financially strong and well-backed by co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-placed source has told Football Insider <\/strong>that Arsenal are likely to continue to keep tabs on Luiz in the build-up to the summer window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, they will need to raise funds through the sales of either Jorginho or Thomas Partey before launching a move for the ex-Man City star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luiz has been a key part of Aston Villa’s success as their stellar early-season form continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 25-year-old has started each of their nine Premier League games so far this season, notching five top-flight goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also featured in the Europa Conference League and League Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rio de Janeiro-born ace was rewarded for his good form by earning his ninth Brazil cap in the loss against Uruguay last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luiz is under contract at Villa Park until June 2026, with his last contract extension coming last year (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cost a reported<\/a> fee of \u00a315million when he joined from Man City in 2019 and has gone on to make 165 appearances for Villa across all competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Arsenal could sell two stars and then beat Liverpool to January target.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz is unlikely to be the subject of a January bid from Arsenal, sources have told Football Insider. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is a long-term admirer of the 25-year-old Brazil international. But Luiz is a key man at Villa Park and the Midlands giants are unwilling to lose him mid-season. Additionally, …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":533153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[114,5582,7,4],"tags":[3,191],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533147,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533142\/revisions\/533147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}