Thiago Silva doesn’t need to dope to be the best around

Thiago Silva is 38 and still going hefty.

The defender remains one the best players in the Premier League despite now being one of the oldest, and every week we’re left marveling at how good he is, even at his age.

The Premier League drugs quizzer has clearly been admiring the same thing. Later the first game of this summer – a narrow 1-0 win over Everton, Silva was called in for the standard “random” post-match drugs test.

He was magnificent in that game – but not so good we guessed him of cheating.

The exploration went on for so long that he literally ended up missing his flight back to London – and had to be driven instead, as we were illuminated by his Instagram story after the game.

The results were pessimistic, so we can securely say he hasn’t found Winstrol for sale online.

Silva’s gain and duration are a product of hard work and

allegiance to his craft. He would be insulted by the very idea of taking shortcuts.

His job has become Outstanding harder this season since the approach of Graham Potter. The new coach is much more given to using him in a back 4,

slightly than in the middle of the back 3 where he’s looked so good for us.

The shape certainly does expose Silva a lot more, and neither he nor a center-back of any age and fitness is going to look as assured when they only have one mate to cover for them rather than two.

But despite being more revealed than ever, the Brazil star is still shining, and week after week has strikers half his age comfy in his pocket.

The question will be how he contracts with the World Cup. As well as being a rock for Chelsea, he’s a titan for Brazil, and he will face a punishing next few months if the Selecao goes as far as predicted in Qatar. As much as Neymar is an icon in Brazil, Silva is the lucky charm at the back, and they can’t confer miss him even for a game – as we saw in 2014.


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