Thiago Silva

Originally Posted by Ree_zq

I'm glad If he joins us. But will he? Sometimes I'm bored with Milan's transfer issues. Galliani always withdraw the negotiation.

he's already signed

he trains with the players and have already made his debut in the friendly against Hannover..

Silva is not as tall as NEsta for example, but it doesnt matter so much in modern football as he has extreme explosivity and jumping ability. Cannavaro is short and he can mark any forward in the world even now at the age of 34(destroys Eto'o every time, I enjoy it always!! hehehe!).

Silva is a class above Bonera, Kaladze and such players. He has speed and technique, everything brasilians have.

There is only one thing that worries me and I will not know that untill I see him play serie a. Will he be able to tactically play at the level of serie a? He is a clever player, and reads the game well. But he tands to pass too much sometimes, uses technique a bit too much at moments etc...goes forward.

We'll see, those are details, Im sure Milanellowill do its coaching job. In any case Im VERY satisfied with what I've seen from Silva playing for Brasil ( havent seen Hannover game).

Saw Goal.com gave Thiago Silva the MoM in the game against England. Did anybody see the match? How was he?

he was pretty solid.. I didnt see the entire game but yeah he was one of the best players from what I seen... and so far this season he's also been one of our best players... what a great buy he's turned out to be

Originally Posted by Christian

Saw Goal.com gave Thiago Silva the MoM in the game against England. Did anybody see the match? How was he?

He was excellent. Faultless at the back and generally very solid, making the odd run forward too. I don't know if he was the MoM as England really didn't test the Brazil backline much.

For me Nilmar was probably the MOM as he was a constant threat throughout and scored a great goal. England simply couldn't deal with him.

I was a bit sceptical about him after his first performances in Milan (I didn't see anything special in him), but right now, I have to admit he is a true phenom, he's a WC defender or almost, to confirm that, we'll have to wait for the first important games in CL with a lot of pressure: so the games after our first place in the groups stage !!

Thing is, we have no one to step up if either Nesta or Thiago gets injured. Next season, Davide Astori will provide that, but for now??????

We have the great Kala. He is a solid player as long as he plays with a great CB

already one of the best defenders in the world,i hope he can improve with Nesta and became better defender.

Thiago Silva stayed at Milan for family reasons

AC Milan defender Thiago Silva has revealed he turned down a move to Real Madrid this summer because of his wife.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5901

Does that mean he could leave ACM for family reasons as well? Like a friend tells his wife that Madrid food is much better than MIian's or like the young boys of Madrid/Munich etc are much more romantic than Milan's

Originally Posted by mzk57

Does that mean he could leave ACM for family reasons as well? Like a friend tells his wife that Madrid food is much better than MIian's or like the young boys of Madrid/Munich etc are much more romantic than Milan's

Don't worry mzk, Milano is most favorite place for most females.

I like his quote: "I hope to stay as long as possible. I would have no problems playing until I am 40 like Maldini. I owe plenty to [Paolo] Maldini and Sandro [Nesta]. They have been exceptional with me. Playing with Nesta makes me better."

Silva IMO is a honest player, he doesn't give wonderful words to only satisfy others while he has already plan to do the opposite thing from what he said.

As they say, a Great Footballer can play anywhere on the field....and after the performance against Cesena,, I agree. Thiago Silva in my opinion chipped and sprayed the ball like Pirlo,,, and his defending is obviously excellent.

Very good performance, although I think I want him to be our future CB, our future defensive legend, you can't help but wonder he may be able to do as DM....

if Allegri continues to play Silva in midfield, he will do much better game after game. He is great destroyer, great tackler, his dribbling ability, long balls, vision, long shoots, read the game well, he could be a great box to box player for us.

And however he is one of the best defenders in the world if not the best. For me he is the best defenderin the world. i love and admire him. hope he stays at Milan forever and retire with us.

I can't believe he's not being compared to Rijkaard yet.