That’s probably not what Abramovich wanted. Sadly, it turned out Sheva was actually a bit sh*t by the time he arrived in London. This is what Abramovich wanted when he took over Chelsea. He does, however, deserve credit for notching the winner in the League Cup final win over Liverpool, playing his part in the 4-2 thriller against Barcelona, and having a weirdly satisfying name.Ī proper, bonafide, world-class centre-forward, signed to huge acclaim from one of the biggest clubs in Europe in a British record transfer. In his solitary campaign in west London, he scored seven, and his career never truly recovered. In the Serbian’s five seasons prior to joining the Blues, he scored 35, 31, 20, 40 and 38 goals. There’s something about a move to Stamford Bridge that can somehow suck the goals out of a striker, with Kezman a case in point. A performance at Crystal Palace where he touched the ball seven times. A badly misguided interview about returning to Inter. When the Belgian joined the second time, it should have worked. Since I was 11 I have waited for this moment and worked hard for this moment,” Lukaku said after scoring against Aston Villa following his return to the club as a 28-year-old, citing Didier Drogba as one of his favourite strikers. Two seasons out on loan in which he scored more Premier League goals than any Chelsea player. A decisive penalty miss in the shoot-out defeat to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup. When the Belgian joined the first time, it should have worked. It was just what I was searching for,” Lukaku said upon joining Chelsea as an 18-year-old from Anderlecht, citing Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink as one of his favourite strikers. “I dreamed to play here since I was 10 years old. Signing a 28-year-old Pizarro, with over 100 Bundesliga goals to his name, on a free transfer from Bayern Munich sounds like a shrewd piece of business.īut a debut goal against Birmingham City was followed by just one more strike, coincidentally in the return fixture against Birmingham.īirmingham were relegated from the Premier League that season. I have absolutely no memory of Alexandre Pato playing for Chelsea. Still, one goal in two games is not to be sniffed at, even if it was a penalty against an absolutely rancid Aston Villa side. If the signing of Falcao was weird, Pato’s arrival on loan to essentially replace the injury-stricken Colombian was the equivalent of Chelsea shrugging their shoulders and mouthing ‘f*ck it’ as their title challenge crumbled around them. One goal in a dozen appearances, only one of which came after October due to fitness issues. We’re not sure why Chelsea signed Falcao after he had failed so miserably at Manchester United, but sign him they did. We signed Di Santo from Audax Italiano on Football Manager too, and he promptly banged them in for our West Ham side in the Premier League.īut it was still less embarrassing for Chelsea to let Steve Sidwell and Khalid Boulahrouz wear the No.9 shirt than Di Santo. Note: We’re talking about proper strikers here, not forwards like Salomon Kalou who generally played out wide, and we’ve also excluded youngsters signed for Chelsea’s academy sides. We’ve ranked every striker signed by Chelsea since Roman Abramovich bought the club – which excludes homegrown talents such as Tammy Abraham. Chelsea may have benefited from some of the best strikers of the Premier League era, but their recruitment of goalscorers has traditionally left a lot to be desired.
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