Chelsea in PSG talks over Luiz sale

Chelsea are in advanced talks with French champions Paris St-Germain over the sale of defender David Luiz for about £40m. The 27-year-old Brazil international joined the Blues from Benfica for £21.3m in January 2011. He has made 143 appearances, featuring predominantly at centre-back but also as a defensive midfielder. Luiz has three years left on a five-year contract he signed in September 2012. The Brazilian has been the subject of interest from Barcelona  in the last two summers, but ench champions PSG - despite recently failing Uefa's financial fair play (FFP) rules - are set to break the transfer record for a defender to secure his services. World's most expensive defenders Player From To Amount (£m) Date Thiago Silva AC Milan Paris St-Germain 36 2012 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United Manchester United 33.1 2002 Marquinhos Roma Paris St-Germain 27 2013 Fabio Coentrao Benfica Real Madrid 27 2011 Pepe Porto Real Madrid 25 2007 Chelsea only narrowly complied with FFP and see this as a sensible piece of business, given the profit it would generate. Luiz is not part of manager Jose Mourinho's first-choice central defensive pairing and his exit would provide funds to strengthen in other areas. Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa is among those linked with a move to Stamford Bridge.