Chelsea defender Levi Colwill admits he's still amazed he calls Thiago Silva a teammate.

Colwill grew up studying the Brazil defender.

He told the Daily Mail: "It's crazy playing with him.

"When I was 15, I was going through a bad patch. My mum and my dad used to make me watch his games.

"I was never the strongest or fastest or biggest. I was small for my age. They used to make me watch him and I used to think, "He's so good!"

"To be in the same changing room, I was a bit nervous at first. Then to step on the pitch with him, I was a bit like, 'I don't want the ball from him, don't pass him the ball' because the standards are so high.

"You admire everything he does. When he plays a pass to me, I think, "How has he played it? What technique has he used?" I try to pick up things like that. Hopefully one day I can be as good as him."