He is part of the Paris Saint-Germain end of contract battalion, with Edinson Cavani, Layvin Kurzawa and Thomas Meunier. Before the health crisis linked to the Coronavirus, the club did not intend to extend a certain number of players in order to renew the membership. According to our information, Thiago Silva, the captain of 310 matches under the Parisian colors, was no longer in the management's little papers. But the Covid-19 went through there, completely shuffling the cards. Now the situation has changed.
"Paris Saint-Germain wants to offer a new contract to Thiago Silva, the conversations between the two parties are only at the beginning", affirms on Europe 1 our Brazilian football specialist Isabela Pagliari.
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Qatar 2022 target for Thiago Silva
The 35-year-old defender, the seventh player to have played the most games in the history of PSG, has repeatedly said in recent months that he wanted to continue the adventure with the club of the capital. "He gives priority to PSG because he loves the club, he is an idol in Paris. He feels good in Paris, in Europe, he recently obtained French citizenship (in March 2019, note)," says Isabela Pagliari. on Europe 1. "And in addition, he wants to play the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Staying in Europe is easier to play the best matches and to be seen by Brazil coach Tite."
It seems this time heard by the sports management, in this case Leonardo. "With the crisis, things have changed a bit for everyone, we don't know how the transfer window is going to be, what start and end dates, it's a bit vague at the moment", analyzes our football specialist auriverde. One certainty, "PSG wants to extend it, Thiago wants to stay." As a reminder, Fifa advocated the automatic extension of players' contracts until the end of competitions.
Clearly, if the Champions League were to take place next August, the contract of Thiago Silva, which must end on June 30, would be automatically extended until the club of the capital is no longer in contention in the competition. And the Brazilian could not join any other team, until the new season has resumed.