A report says that Arsenal is getting ready to make a third offer for Douglas Luiz. The Gunners tried to sign the Brazil international midfielder from Aston Villa on the last day of the summer transfer window, but their two offers were turned down. But The Sun says that Mikel Arteta‘s team will try to sign Luiz again in January. But they will offer less money than they did in the summer.
Arsenal showing interest
Luiz’s contract with Aston Villa ends at the end of the season, and it’s unlikely that the 24-year-old will sign a new one since he wants to move. Arteta is reportedly getting more and more upset with Thomas Partey’s health, and he wants to add another midfielder to his team to give it more depth.
He reportedly wants Luiz to convince Villa to sell so that he doesn’t leave for free at the end of the year. Steven Gerrard’s team turned down a £23 million offer for Luiz at the beginning of the month. It’s likely that Arsenal’s next offer will be much lower. Instead, the Gunners are rumored to be planning a £15 million move.
Luiz moved to Villa from Manchester City in 2019 for £12.5 million. He and Arteta worked together at the Etihad and are good friends. Since then, he has played 119 times for the club and scored seven goals.
Douglas Luiz reacted to a post
A TV host in Brazil posted a video that seemed to make his girlfriend, the football player Alisha Lehmann, look like an object. This made Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz angry.
Presenter Milton Neves, who is 71 years old, made Luiz angry when he tweeted a video of Lehmann jumping and turning her back after scoring a goal. The video, which was posted on social media, seems to zoom in on her backside as she celebrates a goal, and it ends with the question, “Without rewinding the video, what number was on her shirt?”
Neves posted the video with the words “Watch and comment,” which made Luiz respond in an angry way. Since then, he has taken down the Tweet.
The Brazilian star, who earlier this year confirmed that he was dating Lehmann, a key player on Villa’s women’s team, called Neves’ actions “disrespectful.”
What did he say?
Luiz said on Twitter, “You’re old, you’ve been playing football for years, and you posted a video that doesn’t respect women’s football or the player herself, who is also my girlfriend.”
Neves is a Brazilian journalist who makes controversial comments. This is not the first time that he received a response to one of his statements.
On Twitter, 2.2 million people follow Neves. He works as a reporter and host for Brazil’s Grupo Bandeirantes radio and TV stations. The clip in question was from the first weekend of the Women’s Super League season, when Aston Villa beat Manchester City 4-3 and Lehmann scored the first goal.
Luiz and Lehmann started dating after she posted a picture of them on her Instagram story in November of last year. Lehmann is a forward for the women’s team and a Switzerland international. She is 23 years old. She moved to Villa from West Ham last summer.
