Rio Ferdinand has claimed Thiago Silva and the Chelsea machine is a marriage made in heaven.
The former Manchester United range 5 essentially applauded Chelsea's awesome shielding shows as a unit underneath Thomas Tuchel.
The European champions have brought straight cleansheets against aspects which are more than able to scoring, however nonetheless beat Leicester three-0 and Juventus four-0 inside the UEFA Champions League.
According to Ferdinand, Chelsea's Thiago in the middle of that returned 3 has been a happy boy in his happy location.
"He had two athletes (Chalobah and Rudiger) alongside him who just want to be competitive and get round human beings," stated Ferdinand on his podcast, Vibe with FIVE.
"If they manipulate to overcome that press, they’re short sufficient to get lower back and support Thiago Silva.
"The system simply facilitates him as properly. The protection of getting two centre-backs no longer too some distance faraway from him is beautiful," he concluded.
Meanwhile, Thiago is now looking in advance to head toe to toe with the brilliant Cristiano Ronaldo in West London this weekend.
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