David Luiz says staff members at Chelsea begged him to return to the club shortly after he took the decision to cross London and join Arsenal in the summer of 2019.
The Brazilian had 12 months left to run on his deal with the Blues when taking the decision to leave Stamford Bridge for a second time.
The 32-year-old has revealed that he found it hard to sever ties with Chelsea and was called back to London by close friends once the decision was made.
Luiz told Otro: “I can be honest with you, the first three days or week was not easy to understand all the emotions or how I was feeling, because everybody knows my history with Chelsea.
“I had this connection with everyone at the club. It was so massive and big and I was missing every single one.
“Every text message I was receiving, people were saying: ‘Come back, come back, come back, come back, we are here for you’.
“I give you the example of a gentleman there who is 75 years old. He was having breakfast with me at the time when he had the opportunity.
“He was texting me: ‘I am still waiting for you here to have breakfast again’.
“This kind of thing was so difficult for me, because I am someone that sees the heart as the most important thing.
“But then after that, in the professional way, I was saying: ‘It is a new moment for you. It is another big thing for you to do. Maybe if you stay in the comfort zone it is not going to be the best thing for you?’”
