Chelsea aren’t doing fantastically well in this season’s Premier League campaign and you can tell some Blues fans in the Tavern are becoming a little disgruntled.
There has been suggestions of a fall-out between Conte and some of the board in the Tavern over the last week, and whilst these have been denied – you get the impression this isn’t how Chelsea fans would have seen their first season going under the Italian.
The Blues currently sit 5th in the Premier League which is by no means a disaster but very clear things need to improve.
But in this article, we want to look at some other Chelsea shockers – and in this instance; shock signings.
We’ve seen plenty of random, strange and disappointing transfer deals at Stamford Bridge and our landlord wants to see which tops the list.
So with that in mind, here’s 3 of the biggest shock Chelsea signings of all-time. Do you agree?
Ruud Gullit
Whilst many people assume “shock” signings often refers to poor players, we’re not thinking about that at all when it comes to Ruud Gullit’s transfer to Chelsea back in 1995.
It was an absolutely fantastic bit of business which saw him move to London on a free transfer from Sampdoria and he ultimately ended his career at Stamford Bridge.
Glenn Hoddle moved him into the middle-of-the-park which was an inspired move by the manager – and all in all, this shock move turned out to be rather fruitful indeed!
David Luiz
Not many people would have seen this coming at the start of the summer transfer window and in honesty, neither did anyone else here in the pub.
But on Transfer Deadline Day David Luiz completed the most out-of-the-blue move back to Stamford Bridge having left to join PSG only two seasons prior.
Fans didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but ultimately, it turned into the biggest move of the summer and one of the biggest shock transfers too.
Alexandre Pato
Alexandre Pato is a player most fans will have known well ahead of the news he was to join Chelsea in January.
Some fans were excited, some slightly pessimistic and some didn’t really know who he was.
But in one of the poorest pieces of business arguably in their history, Pato went on to have absolutely no effect whatsoever.
He made two appearances, scored once and that was that.
