David Luiz did not train with the Chelsea first-team on Wednesday after sensationally trying to force a transfer deadline move to Arsenal.

The two clubs will now attempt to negotiate a deal that suits all parties, with Chelsea willing to cash in on a player who could have left the club on a free transfer at the end of last season.

Despite only signing a new two-year contract with the Blues in May, which broke the club’s policy of handing players aged 30 or over one year deals, Luiz has made it clear he wants to go following a series of fallings-out over the past week.

And the situation came to a head just over 24 hours before the transfer window shuts and on the same day Wilfried Zaha handed in a transfer request to try to force a move away from Crystal Palace, and Romelu Lukaku closed in on a switch to Inter Milan after training away from Manchester United.

Head coach Frank Lampard decided Luiz should train away from the rest of his Chelsea players at Cobham, following a week in which the Brazilian is believed to have become a disruptive influence.

Arsenal, whose coach Unai Emery worked with Luiz at Paris Saint Germain, are interested in signing 32-year-old Luiz before the transfer window closes at 5pm on Thursday.