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Thiago Silva has confirmed he will leave Chelsea when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The veteran defender, who joined on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020, will turn 40 in September and teased a potential departure from Stamford Bridge earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Now confirming his decision to leave, Silva told\u00a0Chelsea media: \u201cChelsea means a lot to me. I came here with the intention of only staying for a year and it ended up being four years. Not just for me but for my family, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sons play for\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0so it\u2019s a source of great pride to be a part of the Chelsea family \u2013 literally because my sons are here. I hope they can continue their careers here at this victorious club that many players wish to be part of.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in everything I did here over the four years, I always gave my all. But, unfortunately, everything has a start, a middle and an end. That doesn\u2019t mean that this is a definitive end. I hope to leave the door open so that in the near future I can return, albeit in another role here. But it\u2019s an indescribable love. I can only say thank you.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, when I started here, it was during the pandemic so there wasn\u2019t any fans in the stadium. But through social media, it became something very special to me and then when the fans started coming back to the stadium and life was getting back to normal, I started to feel a lot of affection and respect for my story and for my start here.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is already hard saying goodbye in the most normal of circumstances but when there is a mutual love, it\u2019s even harder. But once a Blue, always a Blue.<\/p>\n
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Silva will leave Chelsea \/ James Baylis \u2013 AMA\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe way in which I came to the club, with the support of the club, I got to the club as a leader even though I didn\u2019t feel like it having arrived as the new guy. It\u2019s always difficult to integrate but bit by bit I became part of the group and [Frank] Lampard played a big part in that. I am grateful to him for that.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It\u2019s been a] dream, definitely a dream. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I could achieve such great things and win one of the best professional titles, the Champions League, at one of the biggest clubs in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoodbyes are for those that leave and don\u2019t come back. I intend on coming back one day.\u201d<\/p>\n
A return to Brazil has been strongly rumoured for Silva, who came through at Fluminense. The Brazilian side\u2019s president has already\u00a0confirmed their desire for a reunion.<\/p>\n
Thiago Silva has confirmed he will leave Chelsea when his contract expires at the end of the season. The veteran defender, who joined on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020, will turn 40 in September and teased a potential departure from Stamford Bridge earlier this month. Now confirming his decision to leave, Silva […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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