Deadline Day Moves: Hart Completes Torino Deal, As David Luiz Set For A Shock Return To Chelsea

Joe Hart has completed a season-long loan deal to join Torino after falling out of favour with new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

The England international goalkeeper found himself second choice behind Willy Caballero for City’s opening games of 2016-17, with Claudio Bravo’s arrival from Barcelona seemingly demoting Hart to third choice.

Hart arrived in Turin on Tuesday, with the loan moved confirmed on transfer deadline day.

He was made captain for City’s Champions League play-off game against Steaua Bucharest last week and bade an emotional farewell to the club’s supporters. The 29-year-old will now have a chance to prove himself again after a pair of high-profile errors on international duty with England at Euro 2016.

England and Hart, capped 63 times for his country, face Slovakia in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday in what will be Sam Allardyce’s first match in charge of the national team.

Hart could then make his Serie A debut for Torino at Atalanta on September 11.

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain have told Chelsea that their initial offer for David Luiz is not enough and are demanding £38 million for him.

The Blues’ bid of £32m fell short of the French champions’ valuation of him and PSG won’t sanction the sale until they find a replacement. 

However, Les Parisiens have been looking into options from their shortlist since Tuesday night, but are yet to put in any formal offers on replacements with the transfer window due to close at 23:00 BST on Wednesday.Brazil international Luiz left Chelsea just two years ago in a £50m transfer, but he is open to a move back to the club with whom he won the Champions League.  Chelsea have been in talks with Kia Joorabchian and Giuliano Bertolucci, who brought Luiz, Kenedy and Oscar to the club, after failing to secure the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and Alessio Romagnoli from AC Milan.The deal won’t have any effect on the imminent move signing of Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina to Chelsea.