Silva reveals pact with Ibrahimovic

 RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian international defender¹ Thiago Silva revealed on Tuesday that he made a pact² with striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic before their joint³ summer move to Paris Saint-Germain.

The pair completed a 62-million euro transfer from AC Milan last month, but only after a conversation between the good friends on the eve of the deal.

"I will tell the truth. We spoke⁴ to each other before signing with PSG," Silva told Brazil's Lancenet on Tuesday.

"My thinking was that I wanted to continue with Ibra at Milan but at the last moment we came to an agreement to continue playing together for PSG."

The pair could be on opposing sides in Wednesday's international friendly between Brazil and Sweden in Stockholm.

Silva is certain to line-up for Brazil but Ibrahimovic is in doubt with a foot injury.

Regarded by many as the best centre-back in the world, Silva said he wanted to create history in France alongside the Swedish star.

"I feel privileged to be playing with some of the best players in the world," he said.

"Everybody knows what a great player Ibrahimovic is. Apart from being a fantastic striker, he is also a great friend that I have made through football."

1 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

2 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。