Chelsea to sell Luiz for £50m; Man U want £15m for Fellaini

Mop-heads heading for Premier League exit, but one will cost significantly more than the other

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According to Gary Neville, he plays football like "a ten-year-old on a PlayStation", but that withering verdict has not stopped Paris Saint-Germain agreeing a deal worth nearly £50m for Chelsea's mop-haired Brazilian David Luiz.

The French champions are set to make Luiz the world's most expensive defender according to the Daily Mail, which reports that the defender has even undergone a medical in Brazil ahead of the proposed deal.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.