Chelsea veteran Thiago Silva is being offered a chance to play club football in his homeland.

Silva is now 39 and is still a regular for the Stamford Bridge club in the Premier League.

He has now played 100 games in the top flight for the Blues, while the club are hoping to extend him by another year.

However, The Mirror adds that Silva may be tempted by a move to Fluminense.

"I never imagined I would play in the Premier League one day," Silva told ESPN recently.

"It was one, with all due respect, football that I didn't like. Because I thought it was a lot of aerial balls, get up here, fight there. I never really liked it even though I'm good in the air and adapt well. I thought I wouldn't play here.

"I think one of those responsible for this change, I think, is Pep Guardiola, right? He plays more. The others don't try to copy but they look to play more. Because this is beautiful football to watch.

"And from that moment on I became interested. I watched more at home. Chelsea's proposal came and I didn't think twice."