A week after announcing his departure from Chelsea, the Fluminense club announced the recruitment of defender Thiago Silva. The Brazilian international (39 years old, 113 caps) thus turns the page on his European career, he who had the heyday of AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and therefore Chelsea, where he played since 2020.
Thiago Silva was at the end of his contract with the Blues, where he was still a starter this season (35 matches). Briefly spent by Fluminense when he was a teenager, he returned to the Rio de Janeiro club where he relaunched his career between 2006 and 2008, after taking several months to recover from tuberculosis, diagnosed while playing for Dynamo Moscow. .
Long considered one of the best defenders in the world, Thiago Silva was an emblematic captain of PSG, with whom he won 23 titles and which he left in a Champions League final in 2020, the first of the history of the club. Fluminense, Brazilian champion four times, ranked 7th in the championship during the 2023 season. This season it is in 16th place (out of 20) after five matches played.
