Kia Joorabchian, David Luiz’s agent, has dismissed rumours of Luiz leaving the Gunners anytime soon.
Luiz wants to stay on at Arsenal, even though his contract is out next season.
“He’s very happy at Arsenal,” Joorabchian said. “He has an extremely good relationship with both the coach and the sporting director. He has good relationships all throughout the club, right up to the owner. He respects everybody.
“Arsenal had an option, which expired. We also had a pandemic [coronavirus]. So the option expired in the middle of the pandemic. We are all very aware of that situation and we are all trying, very slowly, to get back to this ‘new normal’.
“These contract situations, these renewals, if he stays or if he goes… will all sort themselves out when we get back to some kind of ‘new normal’.
“David will sit down with Arsenal before the season begins, have his conversations and they will both decide if he will stay or not. That will come before the season starts. The chances are very high [of Luiz being at Arsenal next season]. There is no desire to leave.”
An article by the Athletic called out Arsenal for paying £8 million to cover up and “fix everything”, along with Luiz’s £10 million annual pay. However, Joorabchian slammed Athletic back by stating that they were “so, so wrong”.
“The agent’s fee that was reported by The Athletic is so, so, so wrong. The fee for David was less than 10 per cent of that,” Joorabchian said.
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