{"id":622048,"date":"2023-02-10T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=622048"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:51:54","slug":"chelsea-agree-thiago-silva-contract-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/10\/chelsea-agree-thiago-silva-contract-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Draft Being Prepared\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Confirms New Contract Agreement for Chelsea 106-Appearance \u2018Leader&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/09\/chelsea-ben-chilwell-manchester-city-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0have struck a verbal agreement with Thiago Silva over a new contract, confirms\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1623990146105319425?s=20&amp;t=Xh8HHaGPniomrghXZNysjw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The Brazilian defender&#8217;s current deal expires at the end of the season, but the Blues want him to stay for at least another campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Verbally Agree New Thiago Silva Contract<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCL: Chelsea have now reached full verbal agreement with Thiago Silva on a new contract valid until June 2024, here we go! \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Draft of new deal being prepared\u2014 it\u2019s all done and agreed verbally as Thiago has given the green light.<\/p>\n<p>New contract to be signed soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvcwaJwDeZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tvcwaJwDeZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1623990146105319425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Setting up Final Aspects of Contract Extension<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Blues signed two promising young centre-backs in the form of Wesley Fofana and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/05\/chelsea-announce-benoit-badiashile-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Benoit Badiashile<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0this season, but it appears that they still regard Silva as the most important part of their backline. The 38-year-old has been one of their best players this season and seems to have convinced them to keep him for a longer period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/09\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-lafc-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Ready to Send Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Loan at LA FC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano adds that Silva will be signing a new one-year contract that is valid until June 2024. The London side are now in the process of drafting up the paperwork for a new deal after the Brazilian centre-back gave his verbal confirmation and has even greenlit the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Silva Set to Continue Chelsea Journey With Contract Extension<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 38-year-old is the oldest player in the Chelsea squad, but that doesn&#8217;t affect how respected he is at Stamford Bridge. Silva\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/28\/thiago-silva-chelsea-confirm-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">joined the Blues in 2020<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and ended up reuniting with his former PSG manager Thomas Tuchel, with the two helping Chelsea win the Champions League title in the 2020\/21 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/03\/chelsea-player-ratings-vs-fulham\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enzo Fernandez Impresses in Chelsea Debut Against Fulham<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the Blues struggling with transition and a change in system under new owners over the last year or so, Silva has remained one of their most consistent players. He&#8217;s helped them keep eight clean sheets in 24 appearances this season and was hailed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-in\/news\/thiago-silva-football-brain-is-above-everybody-says-chelsea-manager-potter\/blt1c50d1c5f26e7508\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a &#8216;leader on and off the pitch&#8217;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0by Chelsea manager Graham Potter earlier this season. He&#8217;s made\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/thiago-silva\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/29241\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">106 appearances<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for the London side so far in under three years. It now appears that his story with the Premier League side will continue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea\u00a0have struck a verbal agreement with Thiago Silva over a new contract, confirms\u00a0Fabrizio Romano. The Brazilian defender&#8217;s current deal expires at the end of the season, but the Blues want him to stay for at least another campaign. Chelsea Verbally Agree New Thiago Silva Contract EXCL: Chelsea have now reached full verbal agreement with Thiago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,30],"tags":[7508,1922],"class_list":["post-622048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-news","tag-chelsea-news","tag-thiago-silva"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}