Doesn’t his son play for Chelsea youth team now? I think he loves the club and is a very loyal person - hopefully he stays. It’s honestly a privilege to watch him in Chelsea blue. 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thiago-silva-chelsea-to-offer-contract-extension-to-evergreen-defender-zc90g72cc

Great news. He also made some noises on social media recently about how happy he is at Chelsea and how the club feels like his family. He's been our best player by miles and we're not even close to ready to playing without him.

5 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Doesn’t his son play for Chelsea youth team now? I think he loves the club and is a very loyal person - hopefully he stays. It’s honestly a privilege to watch him in Chelsea blue. 

I wonder if the people who wrote him off at the beginning admitted they were wrong further down the track, because there were a few.

31 minutes ago, kennypaul said:

I wonder if the people who wrote him off at the beginning admitted they were wrong further down the track, because there were a few.

Some people here are still writing him off, bizarrely. 

Resigning him for a further 12 months would probably be our most important signing of the window. I fully expect Badiashile and hopefully Colwell to learn from his positioning and as such integrate into the team quicker.

7 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Doesn’t his son play for Chelsea youth team now? I think he loves the club and is a very loyal person - hopefully he stays. It’s honestly a privilege to watch him in Chelsea blue. 

A real privilege,a rolls Royce of a player

10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

I don't doubt it is. He certainly deserves a better send off than we have given him this season. 

Will be on what his family wants though. Has been stated before he wanted to continue I'm Europe until the world cup was done and the end his career in Brazil.

Watching him play in the Premier League makes me think he can easily play in Brazil at 41 years of age 

I have a dream to see Silva play for us in defence as captain being 40 years old and still being our best player 

I think that he has never in his whole career felt more appreciated 

I hope the banner makers will make a beautiful tribute to him soon 

What's more impressive is most Brazilians seem to drop off early in their career too. 

Ronaldinho, R9, Adriano, Oscar, Ramires, Robinho, Pato. 

Silva's holding out longer than most elite European defenders. 

18 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

What's more impressive is most Brazilians seem to drop off early in their career too. 

Ronaldinho, R9, Adriano, Oscar, Ramires, Robinho, Pato. 

Silva's holding out longer than most elite European defenders. 

I`m sure I read somewhere the longevity thing for him is down to him playing less games as a pro as he made it into the ranks at a later age or something. Either way its been bloody great for us.

1 hour ago, dkw said:

I`m sure I read somewhere the longevity thing for him is down to him playing less games as a pro as he made it into the ranks at a later age or something. Either way its been bloody great for us.

Yeah i remember someone saying he retired for a bit when he was young due to tuberculosis too.

Makes you think when players like Rooney burnt out later on in life from such a large amount of game time in their teens to seeing Silva still going strong at 38. 

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

What's more impressive is most Brazilians seem to drop off early in their career too. 

Ronaldinho, R9, Adriano, Oscar, Ramires, Robinho, Pato. 

Silva's holding out longer than most elite European defenders. 

Majority offensive players that burst on to the scene at young ages. If I remember right more defensive Brazilian players have played on later than them. Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Dunga a few I think got to mid thirties.

7 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Yeah i remember someone saying he retired for a bit when he was young due to tuberculosis too.

Makes you think when players like Rooney burnt out later on in life from such a large amount of game time in their teens to seeing Silva still going strong at 38. 

Players like Mount and James will have this problem big time, Mount has basically played for 3 years non stop with barely any breaks due to international tournaments etc.

15 minutes ago, dkw said:

Players like Mount and James will have this problem big time, Mount has basically played for 3 years non stop with barely any breaks due to international tournaments etc.

Providing we can by hook or by crook get him over his injury issues I think Reece will be fine. He's had a lot of his first couple of years as back up to Azpi/CHO so hopefully that and the injury lay offs will work to his advantage later on, not quite to 38 but still playing in his early-mid 30's to a similar level as to what Walker is doing.

Mount however is in big trouble unfortunately and I have a fear/suspicion the burnout has already started (aka Oscar at a similar stage).

19 minutes ago, dkw said:

Players like Mount and James will have this problem big time, Mount has basically played for 3 years non stop with barely any breaks due to international tournaments etc.

Never know, these constant injuries might end up being a good thing for Reece later down the line as he's not had the games to burn out.

Like you say, Mount is pretty much f**ked though...

 

Ohhh Thiago Silva ❤️

 

On 24/01/2023 at 13:34, RIP Mourinho said:

Yeah i remember someone saying he retired for a bit when he was young due to tuberculosis too.

Makes you think when players like Rooney burnt out later on in life from such a large amount of game time in their teens to seeing Silva still going strong at 38. 

Not sure Rooney's decline can be attributed to too many games ... surely more a case of his poor lifestyle choices ? Too much booze, ciggies, bad diet, etc etc.

36 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Not sure Rooney's decline can be attributed to too many games ... surely more a case of his poor lifestyle choices ? Too much booze, ciggies, bad diet, etc etc.

What are you talking about, those are excellent lifestyle choices 

5 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Ohhh Thiago Silva ❤️

 

 

so happy with this 

even more important i reckon than the enzo signing (in the short term)

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by azpi28

God, I feckin love this bloke. Just as much as the Kante triplets and the Drogs out. A colossal player and a bloody nice fella as well.

He's almost too great to be true. We should just give him a job for life and be done with it.

If I was having another daughter tomorrow I would call her Thiago N'golo Drogba. 

6 hours ago, just said:

God, I feckin love this bloke. Just as much as the Kante triplets and the Drogs out. A colossal player and a bloody nice fella as well.

He's almost too great to be true. We should just give him a job for life and be done with it.

If I was having another daughter tomorrow I would call her Thiago N'golo Drogba. 

Terry for short?

One of my all time favourites. What a man.

One step closer in extending his stay for another season.

 

Does this bloke ever have a bad game? Even at our worst you always expect him to be our best player because he always is. Imagine if we had lost him this season.