Luiz ready to play as a Midfielder

David Luiz has declared he would happily play as a makeshift midfielder if ask to. If you watch the Blues 6-1 win over Nordsjaelland last week in the Champions League, David Luiz was shifted to play in the midfield after Bertrand and Paulo Ferierer was introduced in the second half.

The Blues are now pondering how to fill the void left by Oriol Romeu's season-ending injury, and moving Luiz out of defence to the midfield role could be the only right decision available for interim manager Rafael Benitez. Benitez is left with only Mikel Obi as a natural holding midfielder and he is currently serving his 3 match ban slam by the FA for using threatening words against an EPL referee. Mikel will also be missed in January when the Nigerian midfielder will be participating in the Nations cup in South-Africa.

Chelsea will have to shop for a midfielder in January but as for now, Luiz said he is available. He said: "If the manager wants me as a striker, a right-back, a winger... I'll do anything to help the team. This is my philosophy. "I play for the team and, if I'm needed to play in other positions, I'll try my best. "I've played football for a long time. I know other positions. I know what wingers need to do because I see them doing it all the time in games and training, so if someone asks me what I need to do as a winger I'd know.

"I was in a different position against Nordsjaelland on Wednesday, the manager pushing me upfield a bit. "He said I was one of the top five in terms of my fitness in the team, so I can help the other guys to control games like that. "We were winning 5-1 so I could be box to box, helping out the team. I just want to help Chelsea."

The loss of Romeu left Benitez with only one holding midfielder in John Obi Mikel, could force the club recalling Michael Essien or Josh McEachran from season-long loans at Real Madrid and Middlesbrough respectively. But it is more likely, that Chelsea will try to sign a midfielder when the transfer window reopens, having already been linked with several big names like Everton's Marouane Fellaini, and another target Paulinho who plays for Corinthians and is currently in Japan for the World Club cup.

Luiz, a boyhood Corinthians fan, identified his Brazil team-mate as being among the South American champions' key threats. "Paulinho plays for the national team, and there are other experienced players like
Douglas, the number 10, who has a lot of quality with his left foot," Luiz said. "I have lots of friends there. I know them, they know me. If it's this game in the final, it's a great game to have."

Cyracks Zenda

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