A new page is turning at PSG, with the departure of Thiago Silva, emblematic captain of the decade 2010. After the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2016, the second stone of the Parisian building Qatar version is leaving.
In his register, the Brazilian was also just as successful as the Swedish. When he left AC Milan for Paris in the summer of 2012, he already had a solid reputation. Intractable, elegant, the leaders of PSG then presented him as the best defender in the world. Very quickly, Thiago Silva won and took the captain's armband, less than six months after his arrival. Influential, considered a framework that we consult and protect, Thiago Silva has the ear of President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. A little too much, moreover, in the eyes of the coaches who succeed one another on the Parisian bench.
Painful defeats in the Champions League
Impeccable in the league, the statue of Commander Thiago Silva will waver on the European scene, when it was precisely in the Champions League that he was expected. If a frame has to take control of the ship when the sea is unleashed, the Brazilian tends to back off and hide while waiting for it to settle. Moreover, the stinging 6-1 defeat at Camp Nou against Barcelona three years ago and the elimination at the Parc des Princes against Manchester will often be criticized.
In the meantime, and even if his departure is confirmed, Thiago Silva can still hope to win the Champions League if Paris agrees, as authorized by the regulations, to extend it by two months.