Agent Paulo Tonietto has revealed he 'doesn’t even know the name' of Fiorentina’s sporting director but revealed another Italian side were interested in Chelsea defender Thiago Silva.
The former Milan centre-back moved to Chelsea on free transfer last week and his agent claimed Fiorentina was not in advanced talks with the Brazilian defender.
“They contacted us once, but months ago,” he told Tuttomercatoweb. “But we didn’t speak about numbers or other situations.
“I can tell you that I don’t even remember the name of the sporting director at Fiorentina, the one who called me.
“But I can tell you that another Italian side were interested in Thiago and it wasn’t even Milan.”
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If you put 2 and 2 together the only other italian side that would take Thiago Silva on would be his former teams rivals, Inter Milan. Conte loves experienced old heads in the squad and free transfers, it would make huge sense. Luckily we managed to poach Thiago first and gave him a vision which has turned a lot of heads who were hardly even linked with Chelsea, the project Lampard offers is so exciting top players want to come, in the past we didnt have a project that's why big players were hesitant cos with new managers coming in they'd get constantly scrapped for new players. But with a future goal, players know theyll get time to play in a very exciting project and prove themselves. Cant remember the last time a young world class player like Kai Havertz actually wanted to come to Chelsea of their own accord. Frank Lampard pulling power is the real deal, his years as an exceptional pro footballer has garnered respect from both senior footballers and young players who want to work with him. Its honestly so wonderful to see the club in a good direction. And Silva signing may end up being our best one, our back line hasnt had an experienced leader since Terry. Azpi has been a leader by example but he dont have the respect or control to command 100% from these players, Silva is literally a UCL finalist and world class defender, he will whip that back line into shape....