(Image): Chelsea fans demand return of player spotted at training ground

Thiago Silva is a very emotive person – but there’s nothing fake about it. When he wept upon leaving Chelsea, we bought it. And when he said he’d be back, we believed that too. We just didn’t think it would be so soon…

Presumably taking advantage of the international break, Silva was at Cobham today, even being given someone called DB’s training jacket. Inevitably, Chelsea fans showered the comments with demands for the Brazilian to return to our team this weekend.

You can see Silva in training in the image embedded here:

Of course we’d all love to have Silva back – but much as with N’Golo Kante, it always felt like relying on players who were getting older and less physically reliable was ultimately a self defeating strategy. Eventually, you’ve got to rip off the plaster and move on.

Still, if he ever wants to come back and be our manager – not many would complain.