Former Manchester Metropolis supervisor Mark Hughes apparently turned down the possibility to seal the switch of legendary Brazilian centre-back Thiago Silva early in his profession.

That is in line with former Metropolis midfielder Stephen Eire, who recalled that Robinho was eager for Hughes to signal Silva when he arrived on the Etihad Stadium.

Robinho was the primary notable signing of the Sheikh Mansour period at Man Metropolis, and it appears he was desirous about having a few of his fellow Brazilians be part of him in Manchester.

Ronaldo was one other identify he talked about, whereas Silva is one Eire cannot consider Hughes turned down, after seeing the unimaginable profession he ended up having.

Now at Chelsea, Silva spent his greatest years at AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, and it is clear he may have fashioned a stable partnership with Vincent Kompany for a decade or extra at Metropolis.

Apparently, nonetheless, Hughes didn’t need too many Brazilian gamers and wouldn’t even give Silva an opportunity with the membership.

Eire completely informed Ladbrokes: Fanzone: “I bear in mind when he got here in, after a few days he informed Mark Hughes to signal Ronaldo, who was a free agent on the time, and he additionally informed him to signal Thiago Silva, as a result of he he was accessible for £2.5m… I believe he was taking part in in Brazil on the time and he was round 23 years previous. Mark Hughes stated no, we had too many Brazilians on the workforce with Elano and Jo taking part in for us.

“I bear in mind when Robinho was speaking about it, I used to be strolling across the coaching advanced and I used to be saying to anybody who would pay attention, ‘Think about what it might be like if Ronaldo got here right here? Think about?!”

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“He will need to have been prepared to do it himself as a result of in any other case I do not suppose Robinho would have requested Mark the query. When Mark got here again to him and stated no, Robinho stated, “OK, deliver them each to trial. Carry them for 2 weeks, they will come and stick with me, simply give them two weeks.”

“We’re speaking about Ronaldo and Thiago Silva… and Mark Hughes stated no once more!

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“I simply needed to see Ronaldo within the flesh… and even Thiago Silva; think about if he had signed for Metropolis? You’d have had him and Vincent Kompany within the again, are you able to think about that?

Though he’s now within the twilight of his profession, Silva stays a key participant for Chelsea and proved a wise signing on a free switch just a few years in the past.