Thiago Silva uses Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to explain how Chelsea can succeed

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has been getting used to Premier League soccer after making the transfer to England on the age of 36 and the Brazilian has famous that it’s “is sort of a mixture of all of the completely different leagues”.

Silva added that “it looks like onerous work can take you a great distance” within the Premier League and used the instance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as an instance his level.

Talking to Chelsea’s match programme for his or her recreation at residence to Burnley on Sunday, Silva stated: “English soccer is sort of a mixture of all of the completely different leagues.

“Right here, there’s a little bit of the French league, a little bit of the Brazilian league, a little bit of Italy, a little bit of Spain. However there’s undoubtedly an English id, which can also be very robust.

“No one provides something away and the depth is basically excessive: each crew retains battling and combating for so long as they will stick with it. I actually love that as a result of soccer right here is about extra than simply method.

“It looks like onerous work can take you a great distance right here. So it’s not simply all the way down to god-given expertise, however due to how you’re and the way you’re employed.

“I’m undecided whether or not this works, however a comparability I may make on that entrance is to take a look at the distinction between Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.

“Messi has an unbelievable reward for taking part in soccer. Cristiano can also be gifted, however I feel he’s actually improved through the years and you’ll see he’s somebody who actually places the hours in.

“You need to take your hat off to somebody like that as a result of, at the moment, easy method isn’t sufficient in the event you don’t have that may to enhance, the need that Cristiano Ronaldo has proven to get to the very prime.

“Irrespective of how profitable he’s, he retains on working to enhance and obtain new issues. He’s an instance for everybody who hasn’t had the nice fortune to be blessed with such expertise.”