The dreaded call finally came at the end of May. For weeks, and with Ligue 1 shut down, Thiago Silva had hoped that Leonardo and Nasser Al Khelaifi -- PSG's sporting director and president, respectively -- would change their minds and offer him a new deal. The Brazilian defender and eight-year PSG player wanted his love story with Paris to continue. Even at 35, he felt that he could still offer a lot to the team and to the club, but the bosses clearly saw it differently.
At his age and with his wages (€11m net per year), they considered keeping Silva to be unnecessary.