Thiago Silva to Join Fluminense from Chelsea: Latest Updates and Details

Thiago Silva will definitely exchange Chelsea for Fluminense. GOAL reports on Tuesday that the 39-year-old defender has reached a verbal agreement with the top Brazilian club after several clarifying talks. Thiago Silva already announced at an earlier stage that he will make a decision regarding his future in the short term. It is not yet known how many seasons he will sign with Fluminense.

Fabrizio Romano previously reported that Thiago Silva will leave Chelsea on a free transfer after this season. The highly experienced Brazilian marker used the past to think about his future at the Blues and so he begins a new challenge this summer. As a result, his time at Stamford Bridge will come to an end after four years.

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Thiago Silva was one of the faces of Paris Saint-Germain, where he played for eight years before moving to Chelsea on a free transfer in the summer of 2020. The Brazilian international would have many successes 113-time there.

For example, he won the Champions League with the Londoners in 2020/21 and the UEFA Super Cup and the World Cup for club teams next season. Despite his age, Thiago Silva has been a reliable player in the team the Bluesbecause he always played about 35 games per season.

After this season, Thiago Silva’s Premier League adventure is over. Romano reported that the Brazilian had several offers to leave Stamford Bridge in January, but decided to stay and help Chelsea in the decisive phase of the season.

Old love

Thiago Silva enjoyed part of his youth training at Fluminense and that club rescued him from a hopeless situation at Dinamo Moscow in 2006. The centre-back moved from Fluminense to AC Milan in 2009.

“Thiago Silva has been our dream for a long time. The president talks to him almost every week,” sporting director Fred van Fluminense said more than a month ago in a conversation with ESPN. “Thiago knows that the door here is always open for him. One day Thiago will return.”

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