Chelsea defender David Luiz is happy to embrace a leadership role at the club.

He has signed for two more years at Stamford Bridge, although he laughs off the notion he is a "father figure".

"Older brother is better," he told the Daily Mail. "Chelsea is inside my heart. Chelsea gave me the opportunity to live my best moments in football.

"I came here to a big team with legends in the dressing room, and I won the Champions League.

"It means a lot to me to sign a new contract. I had some other options but I always look to try to find a new challenge in my life —that's why I moved to Paris and that's why I moved back because I saw the chance to fight for the Premier League."

"I can see the challenge is here. That's why I signed again. I want to do more for this club. I want Chelsea to fight again for the Champions League and the Premier League. We want it again. And we are not far away.

"If we don't think this way we are not as big a club as Chelsea should be. Also, we have to stay humble and train hard because to fight for the title we have to improve, score more goals, concede less."