Former Chelsea assistant manager Jody Morris has no doubts Thiago Silva will take up management.

The 37-year-old Brazilian has made a giant impact at Stamford Bridge since his arrival on a free transfer in the summer of 2020.

Morris was assistant manager to Frank Lampard at Chelsea until the latter's sacking in January this year.

Morris told The Times: "I was always a fan of Thiago Silva. The way he reads the game, how intuitive he was.

"So he couldn't speak good English but the amount of meetings that he'd want to have with Frank discussing how we played.

"Even before he'd played a game, I remember we were coming back from a game and Thiago was on the phone wanting to discuss the game with the manager.

"Future manager? Definitely. He's a leader of men."