Premier League's Most Overrated Players By Position

David Luiz is a solid player. He's quite reminiscent of Liverpool's Dejan Lovren, with the big difference being most Liverpool fans know Lovren is simply good, nothing more. Meanwhile Chelsea fans tend to rate Luiz amongst the league's best. Luiz is a better player than he was a few years ago but he's not the centre-back wall that Chelsea sorely need.

After a first spell at Chelsea that was marred by ups and downs, Luiz returned a marginally better player with fewer poor spells. Of course, he's still prone to the odd rash tackle or pass, but a lot less than he used to be. Unfortunately, that still doesn't make him great. When faced with top opposition, Luiz tends to crumble rather than rise to the occasion.

When you think of Chelsea's great defenders, you think of John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, and Marcel Desailly. It's fair to say David Luiz is a very far cry from any of those men. At 32 years old, Luiz is not going to improve any, but he did just sign a contract extension taking him through 2021. Seeing as Chelsea won't be able to sign any new players in the next two windows, Blues fans will have to suffer a few more years of David Luiz.