Former Chelsea player Scott Minto has said that the Blues had been accommodating Thiago Silva since the end of last season.
He says he had heard that the team wanted to play a high line but he wanted to have a deeper back-four.
“It does leave a void in the Chelsea back four”, Minto told talkSPORT.
“I think on the pitch, he is still a classy player, isn’t he? I have seen a lot of Chelsea this season, and he is almost like a centre midfielder playing centre back because he can start the attacks, he can play one-two touch, he can read the game very well.
“I did hear at the end of last season where they were told that he wanted a high line and he was saying, no, we need to drop off.
“So, just from an age point of view, I think it doesn’t really matter what your age is, but if physically he can’t play those high lines and Chelsea want to play it, then it’s difficult to keep him in the side.”
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