At Chelsea, the 37-year-old Brazilian is the boss of one of the best defenses in Europe…
Of course, there is the Mendy wall. Since the Franco-Senegalese goalkeeper left Rennes for Chelsea, he has become the king of clean sheets (40 games without conceding in 74 played with the Blues). But “Edward Scissorhands” can also count on a guardian angel, who arrived a month before him at Stamford Bridge. A protector with great experience: Thiago Silva, 37 years old (he celebrated them in September). Who, in the axis of the defense of the London club, aligns the performances of choice. The Brazilian stainless shines. Still and always. What delights his coach, Thomas Tuchel, happy to have found him in England, he who had appreciated their Parisian collaboration. The German had left PSG before term, scrambled with his management after criticism of the management of the end of the contract.“We lose too many free players”he had launched at the end of 2020, a few months after Thiago Silva, in particular, spun in English…
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