His first statements in an interview given to Guardian were already unequivocal. This Sunday, the British media revealed the entirety of its exchange with Thiago Silva and the Brazilian defender’s words towards Paris Saint-Germain are as acidic as the introduction. Asked about the repeated failures of the capital club on the European scene, the former player of the reigning French champions quickly found his words… “The failures in the Champions League are the result of a global process. Nothing happens overnight. It’s not because we have a lot of money that we’re going to achieve everything. Football doesn’t work like that. When you don’t have a clear plan of what you want, things don’t work.”first estimated the defender with 113 caps with Brazil.
Relaunched on the Parisian project, the current Chelsea player also attacked the strategy put in place by Qatar when he arrived in 2011. “Above all, you must be respected inside your country to be respected outside. We did not do it. We did the opposite of what we needed to do. We wanted to be loved abroad, but we did nothing to be respected at home.”. Strong words used by the native of Rio de Janeiro before adding a layer… “At the beginning, the media comments were good and there was a good feeling, everywhere in France, to support a French team. But two or three years later, everything changed. The comments were different. It seemed like there was something stopping people from applauding Paris. I still don’t know why.”.
Thiago Silva turns on everything!
Disillusioned, the Auriverde player, now 39 years old, did not hesitate to tackle the instability of the Parisian club in comments relayed by The Parisian. “It’s something that hurt me because I saw the situation change and the pressure increase to win the Champions League,” continues the former Parisian captain. But that’s not how you win. It’s not an investment. It’s a question of consistency year after year. We played the Champions League and we didn’t win. This shouldn’t have stopped us from moving forward. Normally, even failure allows you to progress. We take one step back then two steps forward. It wasn’t like that at PSG: we took one step forward then three steps back. It was really very difficult. The pressure was too much”.
Bitter, the one who finally left the French capital in August 2020 while he hoped to extend his adventure in a city where his children grew up, nevertheless reached the Grail a few months later. Under the orders of Thomas Tuchel, former PSG coach, and ironically, the former AC Milan defender won the Champions League in 2021. “When I arrived at Chelsea, I lost that weight of pressure. That’s not why I won the Champions League here, but I didn’t have that responsibility. I felt lighter, like a truck had been taken off my back.”specifies, in this sense, the person concerned before confiding his biggest regret during his time at PSG. “My dream, like Neymar, Marquinhos and Verratti, was to win the Champions League, I can tell you that. Marquinhos still has chances, but with PSG, it’s over for us. Neymar would certainly have liked to stay. Winning the Champions League was his dream.. From the development model to the regular changes of direction to the repeated failures among the Rouge et Bleu, Thiago Silva – who today continues to regularly follow Parisian performances – still needed to empty his bag. Not sure that this media release will, however, be to the taste of Ile-de-France decision-makers…
