Chelsea veteran Thiago Silva has been singled out by one dressing room supply for his or her sluggish begin to the season, suggesting he’s failing to supply assist to the younger gamers within the squad.
Thiago Silva has beforehand been the captain of Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and the Brazilian nationwide workforce and, at 39, is comfortably the oldest member of the Chelsea squad. In reality, reserve goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli is the one different participant aged over 30 within the squad, with Raheem Sterling the third-oldest at Chelsea at simply 28-years-old.
That hasn’t stopped one supply from criticising Silva, although.
In response to The Athletic, one nameless supply near the dressing room instructed them that Thiago Silva has didn’t set the requirements on the soccer membership and impart his bundles of expertise on the fledgling squad.
Previous to taking part in Fulham on Monday night time, Silva has began all six of Chelsea’s Premier League video games this season, with new signing Axel Disasi alongside him. The defence has conceded six objectives in that point, however the aforementioned supply is unconvinced with the talents of Silva at such a attempting time for the membership.
Mauricio Pochettino has additionally come beneath hearth, with The Athletic additionally highlighting how the Argentine’s “restricted tactical instruction” for the Blues’ forwards is the perceived cause behind their poor displaying in entrance of aim. The report means that Pochettino has been encouraging gamers to precise themselves within the closing third, slightly than provide any discernible plans to his squad.
Certainly, Chelsea have discovered the web simply 5 occasions this season – three of which got here in a single recreation towards Luton City – and have seen Nicolas Jackson, specifically, battle to attain.
The report additionally states that the supply claimed: “Nobody is basically taking duty, driving everybody, making it clear ‘we’re all on this collectively’. You possibly can see this on the pitch.”
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