We can not really speak of surprise, we saw it coming a little, but the departure of a player of his magnitude necessarily causes a shock. PSG has decided not to extend Thiago Silva, whose contract with the club expires this summer. Aged 35, the Brazilian central defender will give way to the youth embodied by Marquinhos or Presnel Kimpembe.
The sporting director of the club Leonardo would have informed him in person of the decision not to keep him within the club, indicate the two French media. A disappointment for the Brazilian who would have liked to stay in the French capital, as his wife Isabele said in mid-May in the Parisian : "For us, it would be great to continue at PSG, we like the club (…) It is where the children grew up, it is in Paris that we would like to pursue our careers. ”
Back to Fluminense?
But with losses estimated internally at more than 200 million euros after the shutdown of Ligue 1 due to coronavirus, the necessary reduction of a payroll exceeding 300 million euros is imposed on PSG. And Thiago Silva is one of the executives enjoying an XXL salary in Paris.
The central defender, who also wore the colors of AC Milan, could now return to Brazil and more specifically to his former club Fluminense, which he wore the jersey flocked with his name on a recent photo posted on social networks.
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