Thiago Silva’s wife, Isabelle, has issued an apology on social media after appearing to advocate for Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino’s dismissal following his team’s 4-2 defeat at home to Wolves on Sunday.
The Blues suffered their tenth league defeat of the season, dropping to the bottom half after allowing four goals for the second time in four days against Gary O’Neil’s side at Stamford Bridge.
In anger, Isabelle took to X after the final whistle, posting: “It’s time to change. If you wait any longer it will be too late.”
Her article requested that Pochettino be replaced, which created controversy given that her husband currently plays for the Argentine coach. However, she has since apologised, blaming her ‘outburst’ on being ‘passionate’ and ‘saddened by setbacks’.
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“I’m sorry that my personal outburst as a passionate Chelsea fan has caused such an impact. I’m passionate about the team, I thrive on victories and I’m saddened by defeats,” she wrote on X.
“We all want the same thing, a winning team, come on Chelsea!!”
Pochettino said during his press conference on Tuesday that Chelsea centre-back Silva met with him personally following Isabelle’s social media post to assure there was no animosity between the two.
‘He came today to talk with me,’ he said. ‘I am not going to talk in the way we were talking. The important thing is he came and wanted to talk with me.
“He knows me after more than 10 years, who I am, we are a very strong coaching staff and the way we operate. Of course, he came to talk. We talked. It was private. And that’s it.”
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