Chelsea\u2019s new arrival Thiago Silva has retaliated against PSG for the manner of his departure from the club this summer, admitting it was a ‘situation that p****d me off’.<\/p>\n
The disgruntled 36-year-old was apparently keen to extend his eight-year stay in Paris this summer but was not offered a contract extension by sporting director Leonardo despite having been asked to play on during the Champions League finale – taking PSG to their first final where they were robbed of victory by Bayern Munich – before completing a free transfer to Frank Lampard\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Silva is adamant that his situation was handled awkwardly and hastily after nearly a decade of exemplary service to the Ligue 1 club.<\/p>\n
‘It’s a situation that p****d me off. I really didn’t like the way it was conducted’, he told France Football.<\/p>\n
‘Even if there was lockdown, things should have been done differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was in Brazil, in quarantine, when Leonardo called me to tell me that because of the pandemic and the difficulties … [He pauses.] No, first, he asked me if I was OK to continue for two more months to compete in a possible Final 8. I told him yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he told me that the club would not go beyond these two months. It would be two months and nothing else. It should have been done differently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silva lifted a staggering 23 trophies at PSG and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cAll my career at PSG, I gave the maximum, I never cheated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s as if three matches in the final eight changed everything? And everything I had achieved in those eight years didn’t matter anymore? It is not consistent.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeo did this in an awkward and hasty fashion. Not just with me by the way. I also think of Cavani who is the top scorer in the history of PSG. I say this so that the club progresses and does not make these kinds of mistakes in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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