Martin Keown: “Thiago Silva shames many by still playing at 41” | OneFootball

Martin Keown, the former England international, was full of praise for Thiago Silva, FC Porto’s centre-back, who on Thursday played the full 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the Estádio do Dragão in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

“Thiago Silva is old, much older… He’s 41. He’s older than the coach. I mean, he… To be honest, Thiago Silva… I retired at 39. He puts everyone to shame by still playing at 41. He came from Brazil, now he wants to play in a fifth World Cup and has a real chance of doing it. He can still play,” he began, speaking to TNT Sports.

“It’s a freak of nature to still be playing at this age. And behind the scenes, I’ve seen some of their games where he didn’t play, but he was still involved, and the coach allowed him that. I like that, when a young coach embraces an old… well, a current veteran of football,” concluded the former defender.

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