Mauricio Pochettino revealed he has conducted frank ‘crisis talks’ with defender Thiago Silva after his wife made a prod at the Argentine on social media after the Blues fell to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Speaking ahead of the Blues’ FA Cup clash with Aston Villa on Wednesday, Pochettino claimed that Silva had taken it upon himself to speak to his boss on Tuesday morning – as a means of sweeping the situation under the carpet.Mauricio Pochettino, the manager of Chelsea, stated that he has had open and honest “crisis talks” with Thiago Silva, the defender, following his wife’s social media taunt of the Argentine following the Blues’ 4-2 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pochettino stated that Silva had spoken to his boss on Tuesday morning in an attempt to brush the incident under the rug ahead of the Blues’ FA Cup match against Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Pochettino, who enjoyed 293 games at the helm of Tottenham Hotspur between 2014 and 2019, reiterated that the content and tone of the conversation would remain ‘private’ between him and Silva, but he did insist that their 10+ year relationship helped matters.
As reported by The Telegraph the duo held ‘crisis talks’ over the incident. They then quoted Pochettino, with the 51-year-old detailing how it played out:
“I’m not going to talk in the way we were talking. I think the important thing is he came and wanted to talk with me. And of course, he knows me after more than 10 years, [and] who I am. We are a very strong coaching staff and the way we operate. Of course, he came to talk and we talked and I think that was private. And that’s it. It’s a private thing to keep inside.”