I played for Liverpool and a team-mate's wife called the manager to complain about the nights out; That alienated him and Thiago Silva could have similar problems.

The interventions of Thiago Silva's wife at Chelsea will not go down well in the Blues dressing room, according to Danny Murphy.

Belle Silva has spoken regularly on social media during her partner's Stamford Bridge career but may have overstepped the mark after a 4-2 defeat to Wolves.

In a post on X, he wrote: “It's time for a change. If you wait any longer, it will be too late.”

Ms. Silva has since apologized for the comment, and Blues manager Mauricio Poechttino, the perceived target of the message, revealed that he had spoken to Thiago Silva about the situation.

Former Liverpool However, the great Murphy couldn't believe what he was seeing and the talkSPORT pundit recalled his own experiences.

He said: “I find it strange that you find yourself in that situation where a wife, partner or girlfriend, mother, brother or whoever, starts tweeting about your career and club politics and who should do what.

“It's beyond my understanding because it wouldn't happen on my watch and if it did happen, it would only happen once.”

Recalling an incident in the Anfield dressing room, he said: “I remember at Liverpool we had a little party with all the new players in pre-season and we had some adult entertainment and one of the players' wives decided to call the manager and tell him what how upset she was that he had put her husband in that situation.

“It kind of alienated him because the guys quickly said, 'What are you doing?' The same would happen on social networks.

“If Thiago Silva were 25 years old and planned a long career in Chelsea It would be more relevant because what's next? Are you going to tweet about (Ben) Chilwell's poor defense next week? Where does it stop? Are you going to tweet that (Nicolas) Jackson missed a header at 2-1? Hope for?”

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Expanding on his experience at Liverpool, he said: “I was an idiot anyway, I wasn't a popular kid.

“The same person's wife decided on a particular night with her teammates to tell another Liverpool player that his defending had been atrocious and that he needed to clean up his off-field antics, and I'm talking about a Liverpool legend too.”