{"id":623938,"date":"2023-05-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623938"},"modified":"2023-05-28T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T14:30:07","slug":"thiago-silva-ready-for-next-season-under-pochettino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/28\/thiago-silva-ready-for-next-season-under-pochettino\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;World Class&#8217; Defender Already Focused On Pochettino Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As reported by\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1662764163268071425\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Chelsea&#8217;s influential Brazilian defender Thiago Silva is focused on helping the club improve next season. The defender seems ready to help the club move forward under\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/14\/chelsea-target-aston-villa-goalkeeper-emi-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mauricio Pochettino<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who, according to Romano\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1662788322425556992\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has signed<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the contract to become the new Chelsea head coach. The incoming new manager will undoubtedly be delighted to have a defender of Silva&#8217;s class committed to next season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thiago Silva Focused On Helping Chelsea Improve Next Season<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thiago Silva: \u201cMe and Chelsea fans\u2026 it was love at first sight. I feel really happy here. I\u2019m really proud to be at Chelsea\u201d. \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>\u201cObviously, this year didn\u2019t go well at all, but all we can do is hope for better next season\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MfOfbnYwk7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MfOfbnYwk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1662764163268071425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 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\">Silva Committed to the Pochettino Revolution<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s been a tough season for all connected with Chelsea, as the club finished in 12th position. One of the few bright spots for the Blues this season has been the consistency and class shown by their 38-year-old evergreen defender Silva. The Brazilian&#8217;s performances have been impressive for such a woefully underperforming team.<\/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\/05\/27\/christopher-nkunku-pochettino-first-chelsea-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a352+ Million Star Set to Become Pochettino&#8217;s First Chelsea Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He was described as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/thiago-silva-extends-chelsea-stay\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">world-class<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8221; by the clubs co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali and chairman Todd Boehly earlier this season when signing a one-year contract extension. Despite the poor team performances &#8211; Silva remains committed to the Stamford Bridge club.<\/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\/05\/26\/chelsea-liverpool-manuel-ugarte-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea to Steal \u00a351 Million \u2018Monster\u2019 Liverpool Target; He Wants to Join The Blues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenging year experienced by all connected with Chelsea, the Brazilian defender has spoken about his desire to help the club improve their fortunes next season. &#8220;Obviously, this year didn\u2019t go well at all, but all we can do is hope for better next season.&#8221; The quotes reported by Romano also highlight the great relationship Silva has with the Chelsea fans. \u201cMe and Chelsea fans\u2026 it was love at first sight. I feel really happy here. I\u2019m really proud to be at Chelsea.&#8221; Having a player of Silva&#8217;s ilk will be a massive shot in the arm for Pochettino, as he will need to create an identity in the squad that has been severely lacking this season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"D9ExpJPCSax_eGdPhLXhIg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1254492464\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'D9ExpJPCSax_eGdPhLXhIg',sig:'xWvyaT273G3iqWLggLnDh7stDSh24wyqY1m4aPpI1IU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1254492464',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by\u00a0Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea&#8217;s influential Brazilian defender Thiago Silva is focused on helping the club improve next season. The defender seems ready to help the club move forward under\u00a0Mauricio Pochettino, who, according to Romano\u00a0has signed\u00a0the contract to become the new Chelsea head coach. The incoming new manager will undoubtedly be delighted to have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":623941,"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":[46,707,1922],"class_list":["post-623938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-news","tag-chelsea","tag-maurcio-pochettino","tag-thiago-silva"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623938","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}