Thiago Silva, 39, breaks 負かす／撃墜する in 涙／ほころびs as he 発表するs he is leaving Chelsea - but hints he is ALREADY in line for another 役割 - as Mauricio Pochettino loses his only 星／主役にする above the age of 30

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Thiago Silva will leave Chelsea when his 契約 満了する／死ぬs at the end of the season but has said he is 利益／興味d in returning in the 未来, 潜在的に in a coaching capacity.

The 39-year-old Brazilian joined the club on a 解放する／自由な 移転 from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020 and has remained a 決定的な member of the squad throughout his four years, starting in their 2-2 draw with Aston 郊外住宅 on Saturday.

Silva 選ぶd up a groin problem in that 復帰 at 郊外住宅 Park, raising the 可能性 that it was his last 外見 in the blue shirt.

Silva has now 明らかにする／漏らすd that he is 始める，決める to 出発／死 in the summer, 述べるing in a 声明 his 'indescribable love' for the club that he only 初めは planned on 代表するing for a 選び出す／独身 year when he 調印するd.

'Chelsea means a lot to me. I （機の）カム here with the 意向 of only staying for a year and it ended up 存在 four years,' he said 経由で Chelsea's website. 'Not just for me but for my family, too.?

Thiago Silva has 確認するd that he will be leaving Chelsea at the end of the 現在の （選挙などの）運動をする

The Brazilian legend was part of the Chelsea team to 勝利，勝つ the 支持する／優勝者s League and Club World Cup

Silva made the 告示 in an emotional ビデオ that was 解放（する）d by the club's social マスコミ accounts on Monday

My sons play for Chelsea so it’s a source of 広大な／多数の／重要な pride to be a part of the Chelsea family ? literally because my sons are here. I hope they can continue their careers here at this 勝利を得た club that many players wish to be part of.

'I think in everything I did here over the four years, I always gave my all. But, unfortunately, everything has a start, a middle and an end. That doesn’t mean that this is a 最終的な end. I hope to leave the door open so that in the 近づく 未来 I can return, albeit in another 役割 here.'

Chelsea fan group We Are The Shed are 準備するing a special 陳列する，発揮する for the last home game of the season ? against Bournemouth on May 19 ? and Silva continued: 'It is already hard 説 goodbye in the most normal of circumstances but when there is a 相互の love, it’s even harder. But one a blue, always a blue.

'The way in which I （機の）カム to the club, with the support of the club, I got to the club as a leader even though I didn’t feel like it having arrived as the new guy. It’s always difficult to 統合する but bit by bit I became part of the group and (Frank) Lampard played a big part in that. I am 感謝する to him for that.

'[It’s been a] dream, definitely a dream. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I could 達成する such 広大な／多数の／重要な things and 勝利，勝つ one of the best professional 肩書を与えるs, the 支持する／優勝者s League, at one of the biggest clubs in the world.?

'Goodbyes are for those that leave and don’t come 支援する. I ーするつもりである on coming 支援する one day.'

Silva's outspoken partner Belle (権利) all but 確認するd his 差し迫った 出発 after labelling the FA Cup 半分-final 敗北・負かす by Man City his 'last dance'

The centre 支援する broke 負かす／撃墜する in 涙／ほころびs in the clip in which he 主張するd 'I ーするつもりである to come 支援する one day'

The 退役軍人 defender spoke of the 影響（力） of Frank Lampard in helping to 統合する him into the squad on his arrival

Mauricio Pochettino as a result loses his only first-team 正規の／正選手 above the ago of 30, with Marcus Bettinelli the only other player to reach that age in the squad, but is only a third-choice goalkeeper.?

The next eldest player is Raheem 英貨の／純銀の at 29, followed by 27-year-old Ben Chilwell and 26-year-olds Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku and Robert Sanchez.