David Luiz welcomes 'big talent' Charly Musonda back to Chelsea as Antonio Conte considers transfer options

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Tom Doyle30 December 2016

David Luiz has backed Chelsea winger Charly Musonda to make an impact after the 20-year-old returned to Stamford Bridge following his Real Betis loan spell.

Antonio Conte confirmed that Musonda had come back to the Premier League leaders after struggling for game time on loan in La Liga, making just one Betis start in eight appearances under former Blues boss Gus Poyet.

Conte will now weigh up his options in the January transfer window following the £60million sale of Oscar to Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG, but suggested he could call on the likes of Musonda rather than spending big to bolster his title chances.

Chelsea centre-back Luiz - who has impressed since re-signing from PSG this summer - posted a picture of himself and Musonda at training on Friday, with the caption: "Little boy with a big talent ! God bless u bro @iam_musondajr".

Musonda posted the same picture with the message: "May God Bless you always big bro, inspiration @davidluiz_4".

Conte had said of his January options: "At the moment Kenedy and Musonda are back because they didn’t play a lot.

"For this reason I think it’s important they stay with us to evaluate the best situation for them and the team.

"January is not easy, with the club we are talking about this.

"We have a lot of young players in our squad and I trust them, in Ruben [Loftus-Cheek] and Chalo[bah] and also we recovered Zouma.

"Then Musonda, Kenedy. We are talking players of 20, 21, 19 years.

"It’s important to work with this type of player and try to find the right solution at home. Then if it’s not possible to look around and find the right solution."

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