Is it now appropriate to laugh at those that doubted Thiago Silva when he first joined Chelsea? The Brazilian was a spritely 35 at the time, though soon to become 36, but now he is 38 and arguably playing at the highest level he has in England so far.
As he enters his third season in the Premier League he is now playing more than he has before, completing 700 more minutes in 2021/22 than he did in 2020/21, he's only missed one match so far this season in the league with 90 minutes completed in the rest. At this rate he will play more more minutes than he ever has in a single season - though some rotation will naturally be expected.
Only once before in his club career has he passed 2900 minutes before, the last time that happened was at AC Milan aged 24 - 14 years on and he could do the almost impossible.
