Thiago Silva is set to play his final game for Chelsea, as the Blues host Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.

It’s the final game of the season, and Thiago Silva will be given a farewell at Stamford Bridge today.

The Brazilian was part of the Chelsea team that won the Champions League in 2021, and having been used to competing at the top for much of his career, Silva is leaving disappointed with the way his final season at Chelsea went.

The 39-year-old has now sent a wake-up call message to his teammates to always fight for the Chelsea badge.

“Thiago knows what it means to wear a Chelsea shirt, you know,” he told Sky Sports.

“And if I have a message to send to the boys that are here today, I hope they understand that everything they did to get to Chelsea has to be worth it.

“Because the season we’re having is not worthy of Chelsea. It’s not. And I think they have to do more next year, they need to do more.

“If you look at the games, the fans never left the team, never. We were in ninth place, eighth, right? And the fans were always there.

“They booed us off a little at the end of the match, but they’re always there in the stands, always with 40,000, 45,000. If we were somewhere else, they could throw rocks at us – we know that happens in our country.

“So these boys need to be aware that Chelsea has to fight for the top positions. If we take a little of our ego and put it in favour of the team, I think it will work. If we don’t do that, the situation will hardly change unfortunately.”