Chelsea defender Thiago Silva admits closing out his career with former club Fluminense may remain only a dream.

The veteran concedes his family are reluctant to return home to Brazil.

He told Globo: "Now the future belongs to God.

"Everyone knows how much I want to return to Fluminense, but today it's difficult to talk to my family: my children don't want to live in Brazil.

"So it's a very complicated situation, but we still have a year to reflect and figure out what we'll do next year."