Thiago Silva 主張するs 'not enough time has passed' for him to compare Graham Potter to some of his illustrious former 経営者／支配人s - but あられ／賞賛するs the under-解雇する／砲火／射撃 Chelsea boss as a '広大な／多数の／重要な human 存在'

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退役軍人 defender Thiago Silva has 辞退するd to be drawn on comparing Graham Potter to some of his 経営者／支配人s from yesteryear.?

Silva, 38, recently 調印するd a 12-month 拡張 to his 現在の Chelsea 取引，協定 keeping him at the club until next summer at least - 示すing his value to Potter and an ますます youthful-looking Blues 味方する.?

Speaking ahead of Chelsea's 支持する／優勝者s League 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16 first-脚 tie against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night, the Brazilian was asked how Potter, who has 耐えるd a difficult few months at Stamford 橋（渡しをする）, compares to some of his former 経営者／支配人s.?

Silva has enjoyed （一定の）期間s in his career overseen by the likes of Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlo Ancelotti and Thomas Tuchel, who Potter 取って代わるd at Chelsea.?

Ever the 外交官, Silva said that 'not enough time had passed' for him under Potter to 裁判官 him と一緒に some of the other, perhaps more illustrious, 指名するs.?

Thiago Silva 認める not enough time had passed for him to compare Graham Potter to others

The 退役軍人 defend er あられ／賞賛するd Potter as a '広大な／多数の／重要な human 存在' before explaining his 手渡すs-on approach to 管理／経営

'Not enough time has passed to comment on something so important. I don’t like to make comparisons of people, of styles, of work,' he told Parimatch.?

'Everyone has their own way of doing things. However, in the short time I’ve had with Potter, I can see he is a 広大な／多数の／重要な person, a 広大な／多数の／重要な human 存在.'

Silva went on to explain Potter's 特に 手渡すs-on approach, certainly a difference in style to what he would have experienced under Ancelotti at Paris Saint-Germain, for instance.?

'On the pitch, he’s a coach that shows you what you have to do and what you’ve been doing wrong,' he said.?

'Off the pitch, he’s an amazing human 存在 which I think, when managing a football team, can 現実に be more important than 存在 a coach.?

'So he has these two 面s to him that I think are very important for someone in his position.'

Silva's 返答 to what could have proven to be a tricky question appeared to 陳列する，発揮する more 外交 than his wife, Isabelle da Silva, has shown at times this season.?

Seemingly 極端に 関心d by Chelsea's poor form at points, Ms. Silva has pined for a 見解／翻訳／版 of her husband in midfield and attack, taken 目的（とする） at the club for 明らかに 除去するing photos of the defender from outside of Stamford 橋（渡しをする） and appeared to criticise Potter's 選択 決定／判定勝ち（する）s after the 味方する's 4-0 humbling at Manchester City in the FA Cup.?

'I just think that going 支援する or looking for 解答s when you take a 迅速な and 全く wrong 態度 is not wrong #goblues,' she said after that 敗北・負かす, a game in which her husband did not come off the （法廷の）裁判.?

に引き続いて a third 連続した 敗北・負かす at the 手渡すs of Fulham last month, which left Potter under 増加するing 圧力 まっただ中に 告訴，告発s that he was failing to しっかり掴む the 適切な時期 of the Chelsea 職業, she took 目的（とする） at the perceived 欠如（する） of 質 in midfield and attack.

'If there was a Thiago Silva in attack and one in midfield, with what we already have in defence...' she wrote, followed by a sad crying emoji.?

After the Blues drew 2-2 with Tottenham at Stamford 橋（渡しをする） in August, one of the final games overseen by Potter's 前任者, she wrote: 'Today I went to Stamford 橋（渡しをする）, and I noticed that the photos changed around the stadium. But I don't see a photo of @tsilva3 anywhere. Why @ChelseaFC?'

Indeed, she has also 勧めるd Chelsea 支持者s to only come to Stamford 橋（渡しをする） if they are willing to sing.?

The defender has been managed by some of the game's 広大な／多数の／重要なs, 含むing Luiz Felipe Scolari

Silva - as he has done under Potter - formed the bedrock of former 経営者／支配人 Thomas Tuchel's 味方する