Thiago Silva has hit out at Paris Saint-Germain for the manner of his departure from the club this summer.
Silva was keen to extend his eight-year stay in Paris this summer but was not offered a contract extension by sporting director Leonardo.
He led PSG to their first Champions League final where they were agonizingly beaten by Bayern Munich – before completing a free transfer to Chelsea.
But Silva believes it was handled awkwardly and hastily after nearly a decade of service to the Ligue 1 club.
The veteran defender didn’t hide his thoughts when he was asked to share his thoughts on his exit from PSG.
“It’s a situation that p****d me off. I really didn’t like the way it was conducted”, he told France Football.
“Even if there was lockdown, things should have been done differently.”
“I was in Brazil, in quarantine, when Leonardo called me to tell me that because of the pandemic and the difficulties … [He pauses.] No, first, he asked me if I was OK to continue for two more months to compete in a possible Final 8. I told him yes. “
“But he told me that the club would not go beyond these two months. It would be two months and nothing else. It should have been done differently.”
Silva lifted a staggering 23 trophies at PSG and added: “All my career at PSG, I gave the maximum, I never cheated.”
“It’s as if three matches in the final eight changed everything? And everything I had achieved in those eight years didn’t matter anymore? It is not consistent.”
“Leo did this in an awkward and hasty fashion. Not just with me by the way. I also think of Cavani who is the top scorer in the history of PSG. I say this so that the club progresses and does not make these kinds of mistakes in the future.”
Thiago Silva has already started life in Chelsea colors where he will be taking something of a leadership role in coming weeks under Frank Lampard.
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