Chelsea following the club’s sacking of Frank Lampard, previously managed Silva in Paris until the Brazlian’s move to London last summer.
Despite winning back-to-back Ligue 1 titles and reaching the Champions League final last season, Tuchel was sacked by the French club after a poor start to the current campaign.Reports suggest disagreements behind-the-scenes between the manager and the club’s Sporting Director Leonadro also contributed to his departure, despite a 4-0 win in his final match against Strasbourg.Silva believes the writing was on the wall when he was still at the club last year. “It's difficult but it was predictable that this was going to happen,” he told French broadcaster RMC Sport . “Not now, but being inside, we knew.
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