Chelsea defender Thiago Silva admits he struggled with expectations at PSG.

Thiago says, as captain, the demand for success in Europa weighed down the players during his time in Paris.

He recalled to Le Parisian: "When I arrived at Chelsea, I lost this weight of pressure. That's not why I won the Champions League here, but I didn't have that responsibility.

"I felt lighter, as if a truck had been removed from my back.

" My dream, like Neymar, Marquinhos and (Marco) Verratti, was to win the Champions League (with PSG), I can tell you. Marquinhos still has chances, but with PSG, it's over for us. Neymar would certainly have liked to stay.

"Winning the Champions League was his dream."