David Luiz was instrumental in helping Arsenal youngster Catalin Cirjan get back fit following a second serious knee injury.
Luiz left the Gunners in June 2021 after Mikel Arteta decided not to renew his contract. The 35-year-old centre-back has returned to his native Brazil to play for Flamengo, but it seems he is still having an influence at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground.
Cirjan is a highly-rated midfielder who is coming through the ranks at the Gunners’ academy, but his budding career has been blighted with injury problems. The 19-year-old joined the youth set-up as a scholar from Romanian side Viitorul Domnesti in July 2019 before suffering his second serious knee injury in April 2021.
