The veteran Brazil defender has agreed terms with the Premier League side and will sign a deal until the summer of 2022.
Many have opined that the former Fluminense defender is not fit to play for Chelsea due to his age as he turns 36 next month, but Burley believes that poaching Silva maybe be a quick fix to the Blues’ porous defense.
The former Chelsea man told ESPN: “The guy can defend.
“He’s just been part of a team that’s got to the Champions League final and lost to the best team on the planet at the moment in Bayern Munich.”
“You can’t sit on your backside and watch him go somewhere else and then start looking about for other centre-halves of that quality and experience, because there aren’t many out there.
“It makes sense for me. It’s not ideal signing a [soon to be] 36-year-old, but it’s a fit 36-year-old who’s got good character, good experience and can still play.”
“We’ve talked about the centre-half position, all the other guys are out there chasing the top players as well so you’ve got to get in there quick, make a decision, make an offer, sort that position out and worry about it in 12-18 months’ time about filling it again.
Silva has been on the books of Paris Saint-Germain since he moved to France before the beginning of the 2012/2013 season.
He has been one of the Parisians’ lynchpins since his move to the French capital, having featured over 300 games for the Ligue 1 champions, winning 23 trophies in the process.
