{"id":32626,"date":"2024-05-17T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/transfer-chelsea-to-sign-31-year-old-defender-as-thiago-silvas-replacement\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T20:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:00:20","slug":"transfer-chelsea-to-sign-31-year-old-defender-as-thiago-silvas-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/transfer-chelsea-to-sign-31-year-old-defender-as-thiago-silvas-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer: Chelsea to sign 31-year-old defender as Thiago Silva\u2019s replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As Thiago Silva prepares to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, the Blues are reportedly targeting 31-year-old Manchester United defender Raphael Varane to bolster their defense.<\/p>\n<p>Silva, in a heartfelt video released few weeks ago, announced his departure from Chelsea after his contract expires.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old has been instrumental in Chelsea\u2019s defense, contributing to their UEFA Champions League victory and amassing 154 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Fichajes, Chelsea have identified Varane as a prime transfer target for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman is seen as an ideal replacement, bringing experience and stability to Chelsea\u2019s backline.<\/p>\n<p>However, Premier League west London club will face stiff competition for Varane, with Juventus and Al-Nassr also expressing interest in the former Real Madrid centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer: Chelsea to sign 31-year-old defender as Thiago Silva\u2019s replacement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Thiago Silva prepares to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, the Blues are reportedly targeting 31-year-old Manchester&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[606,15,160,11069,1693],"tags":[609,180,4476,201,11070,1695],"class_list":["post-32626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-news","category-sport","category-thiago-silva","category-transfer","tag-chelsea","tag-news","tag-silva","tag-sport","tag-thiago","tag-transfer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}