Thiago Silva: My children are to blame for me staying at Chelsea

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Thiago Silva has admitted he may have left Chelsea in the summer but his children have prevented him from making a much-desired return to Brazil.

Silva signed a one-year extension at Chelsea in February, keeping him at Stamford Bridge until next summer, but the 38-year-old has expressed his desire to play for his boyhood club Fluminense again.

The defender rose through the ranks at the Brazilian side and made over 100 appearances for them before joining Europe with Milan in 2009.

Chelsea sold a number of players this summer as they sought to downsize their squad and Silva was reportedly part of the exodus, but he admitted his children did not want to live in Brazil.

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Everyone knows how much I would love to come back to Fluminense, but today it’s hard to talk to my family [about it] because my children don’t want to live in Brazil, Silva told Ge Globo.

It’s a very complicated situation, but we still have a year to reflect and understand what we are going to do next year.

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Silva and his family are believed to be settled in London and have a good relationship with Chelsea and their supporters, but the veteran reiterated his desire to return to Brazil earlier this year.

Speaking in May, Silva spoke about a Fluminense return to TNT Sports, saying: “If I told you I didn’t think about it, I would be lying to you.”

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It’s something I think about, I’ve already talked about it several times with my wife. When you have a long career in Europe, when your children are growing up in Europe, this decision is difficult.

I have this dream of coming back to wear the Fluminense jersey, everyone knows my desire. But that’s something I prefer to leave in the future to see how things go.

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