Thiago Silva – Football Scout

Sources: Cavani, Silva set for PSG exit in summer

Gab Marcotti muses over how Paris Saint-Germain will integrate their injured stars back into the lineup.

Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar.

Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop say Neymar’s performance on the field is the only way to win fans back after a dramatic offseason saga.

After a hostile affair with the PSG fans so far this season, Neymar explains how he is rebuilding his relationship with the PSG faithful.
Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva could leave Paris Saint-Germain for free at the end of the season, sources have told ESPN FC.
The South American pair are both into their final year of contract with PSG and the Ligue 1 giants are yet to offer either an extended stay at Parc des Princes.
– When does the transfer window reopen?
– All major completed transfer deals
Cavani, 32, and Silva, 35, are two of the most senior members of the PSG squad. However, Uruguay international Cavani has struggled with…

Neymar will find form for Brazil in World Cup knockout games – Thiago Silva

Brazil’s Casemiro has hailed Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristano Ronaldo for being capable of changing games in an instant.

Neymar showed off his skills at Brazil training ahead of their World Cup clash with Mexico, putting the ball in the net from an unusual angle.

Mexico’s Andres Guardado insists statistics mean nothing when they face Brazil and he is confident they can progress to the World Cup quarter finals.
Brazil captain Thiago Silva has backed Neymar to follow in the footsteps of Paris Saint-Germain teammates Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria in the World Cup round of 16.
Mbappe scored twice as France beat Argentina to advance — a game in which Di Maria was also on target — and Cavani also bagged two as Uruguay edged past Portugal.
Speaking ahead of Brazil’s clash with Mexico on Monday, Silva stated his belief that Neymar will hit form in the business end of the competition.
“I think…

Brazil are better, more dangerous in 2018 without reliance on Neymar

ESPN FC’s Stevie Nicol and Alexis Nunes predict the next batch of last-16 clashes, headlined by Brazil-Mexico and Colombia-England.

The guys respond to your tweets about Brazil-Mexico, Simeone for Argentina, Uruguay’s World Cup chances and Mbappe’s performance against Cavani’s.

Seb Salazar and Herc Gomez delve into how the weather in Samara may play a role for Mexico and how it’s now all-or-nothing for Juan Carlos Osorio.

SAMARA, Russia — When Neymar found himself face-to-face with Serbia goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic on Wednesday night, four minutes from the end of a keenly-contested meeting in Moscow, it seemed as if Brazil’s showman might at last get his party piece. He’d already missed one decent chance and this time, his luck would run similarly low: out came his opponent, spreading his limbs like a starfish to block Neymar’s effort. Rather then peeling away in delight as the net bulged, the PSG star turned…

Thiago Silva is back in Brazil’s good graces after 2014 disaster and exile

ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop and Alexis Nunes predict who will come out on top between Brazil-Costa Rica, Nigeria-Iceland and Serbia-Switzerland.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — When Brazil manager Tite announced he would be using more than one captain during Russia 2018, as a way (in his words) to share leadership responsibilities around the squad, it was an incredible exercise of the imagination to assume Thiago Silva would get a go.

That is not to say that Tite’s choice to wear the armband on this Friday’s game against Costa Rica did not cause a certain frisson. Four years after becoming a symbol of Brazil’s mental implosion at their own…

Brazil, Tite facing selection issues ahead of World Cup opener

Tite’s Brazil squad is loaded with talent but he is agonizing over who to start in central defence and central midfield to complement his attacking depth.

Football can be fascinating even when it is dull. The first half of Brazil’s World Cup warm-up friendly against Croatia is a case in point. Brazil ended up winning 2-0, but were shaded in a first half that will surely leave coach Tite with much to ponder.

It is seldom wise to attach too much importance to the results of warm-up friendlies. Germany, after all, have just been beaten by Austria. But looking beyond the result, there is plenty to observe about the way that the team functions on the…

Brazil’s Thiago Silva desperate to erase memories of tuberculosis scare in Russia

Neymar is “calm and confident” as he continues his return from injury ahead of the World Cup, according to Brazil captain Thiago Silva.

Gabriel Jesus showed off his football freestyle skills before Philippe Coutinho got his ears flicked by teammates including Neymar as the loser of a game of keepie-uppie.
LONDON — When Thiago Silva moved to Russia more than a decade ago, tuberculosis nearly derailed his career.
This year, the Brazil defender will be back in the country playing at the World Cup.
The 33-year-old Silva joined Dynamo Moscow in 2005 but soon felt chest pain that needed to be checked out. It was found to be tuberculosis, which put him in the hospital for five months. Russian doctors even considered removing part of his lungs.
“That would have ended my career, I needed guardian angels…

Thiago Silva eyes PSG exit as criticism ‘starts to get hard’ to tolerate

With Neymar in Brazil playing poker during PSG’s title celebrations, the ESPN FC guys question his priorities and commitment to his club.

Javier Pastore is happy PSG reclaimed the French Ligue 1 title, thrashing the defending champions Monaco 7-1 at the Parc des Princes.
Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has hit out at some of the criticism he has received recently, telling Le Foot Paris that “it starts to get hard” to constantly be attacked and that he does not expect to remain with the club once he is out of contract.
Silva told the magazine that the criticism regarding his perceived weak leadership has intensified after PSG’s second consecutive exit in the Champions League round of 16.
“It is impossible not to hear some of the criticism,” Silva said. “However,…

PSG can win Champions League with ‘minimal changes’ – Thiago Silva

ESPN FC’s French football expert Julien Laurens reveals his top candidate to take over from Unai Emery at Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has rejected the idea that sweeping changes are needed in order for them to finally come close to achieving their dream of Champions League glory.
The Ligue 1 leaders fell short at the round-of-16 stage for the second consecutive season, going out to Real Madrid after Barcelona the year before, and coach Unai Emery is expected to pay for that failure with his job the same way that Laurent Blanc did before him.
However, speaking with Veja, Silva stated…

Thiago Silva says he’s ‘sure’ Neymar will stay with PSG

Angel Di Maria scored in the first half and Dani Alves notched his first league goal in the second to defeat Nice 2-1. Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva believes his teammate and compatriot Neymar will stay in the French capital this summer.
Speaking after Sunday’s 2-1 win away at Nice in Ligue 1 and questioned on the Brazilian superstar’s future after recent reports that he wants more money to stay at Parc des Princes, the skipper eventually responded with certainty.
“Neymar has a contract with PSG — I hope that he will stay with us,” Silva told Canal+. “This project is very strong, even if it sometimes…

Presnel Kimpembe’s rise hastens changing of the guard in PSG’s central defence

It’s less a matter of if and more a matter of when Presnel Kimpembe becomes an undisputed starter for PSG
PARIS — The selection of Presnel Kimpembe over captain Thiago Silva for Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-1 Champions League round-of-16 first-leg defeat away at Real Madrid felt like a changing of the guard at the time.
The Frenchman’s mature performance at Santiago Bernabeu, despite the result, suggests that the Brazil international is no longer an undisputed starter.
Overseeing the unification of Kimpembe and Marquinhos as the French capital outfit’s go-to central defensive pairing may prove to be one…

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