“He hasn’t had any time," Frank Lampard said of Thiago Silva, quoted by Goal. "Thiago turns up here pretty fresh and he is in and around us. He will learn it quickly; I am sure some players do speak the languages that he speaks in the squad.
"He speaks French, being the main one, but we have lads here who speak Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Italian so that one is again, if the language is a slight barrier, we need time to work. That’s what we have in front of us.
"We have seen that leadership already and people are going to want to talk about the second goal and that’s fair play and that’s the nature of being the top player that he has been all his career, but at the same time, we saw how he is, his leadership and his qualities and we are going to see more of that."
A 3-3 draw against West Bromwich was not the Premier League debut Thiago Silva would've wanted.
Having put on a captain's armband, the 36-year-old made an uncharacteristic gift to Callum Robinson to make it 2-0 as the Blues' defence was completely overrun in the first half, conceding three unanswered goals.
