The following year, he was sold to Celtic for £6 million. Miraculously, after joining Celtic, Sutton returned to his previous heroics.
Mattea Kerzhman, 2004-05
2004-05 season.
Chelsea
For the first time, it won the
England Premier Soccer League
Championship, but Matea Kaizman contributed little to the team's title run.
Indeed, when Mateja Kerzhman joined in a £6 million move from PSV Eindhoven
Chelsea
At the time, he was good enough to replace the departing Hasselbaink. But sadly, landing
England Premier Soccer League
After that, he was never able to put opposing defenses to pieces like he did in the Dutch Eredivisie.
In 25 games, he scored only 4 goals. The following year, he was dumped to Atletico Madrid.
Karidi Bolaruzzi, 2006-07
Chelsea
It may have been an attempt to break the spell of the number 9 jersey or to take some of the pressure off the team's strikers. So, after Bolaruzzi's £9 million move from Hamburg to the team in 2006, the Blues gave the defender the No. 9 jersey.
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Chelsea
After that, Bolaruz, nicknamed "The Ogre", was pushed to the bench by John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho. Injury-plagued, he made just 20 appearances for the Blues before being loaned out to Sevilla.
Steve Sidwell, 2007-08
Chelsea
The deal to sign Sidwell is strange in hindsight. Sidwell is
Arsenal (name)
Youth player, who joined as a free agent after four years at Reading
Chelsea
The then Blues boss was Jose Mourinho.
then
Chelsea
The midfield was anchored by the pairing of Essien and Lampard, so Sidwell, who wore the Blues' number 9 shirt, made just 25 appearances for the side before being sold to Aston Villa.
Franco Di Santo, 2008-09
Following Sidwell's departure, Argentine youngster Di Santo wore the
Chelsea
The No. 9 jersey. But the winger, who was brought in from Chilean club Audax Italians for 4 million pounds, has never found his "shooting boots".
He made 16 appearances for the team, most of them from the bench. Unfortunately, he was just too far away from reaping the benefits of scoring goals.
He was then loaned to Blackburn for a season, but struggled. He was then sold to Wigan.
Fernando Torres, 2011-15
Chelsea
Fans may argue that Torres' 2012
European crown
That killer goal scored in the semi-final was worth a £50m transfer fee.
But for some reason, the Spanish legend never quite adapted to the
Chelsea
of the No. 9 jersey.
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s four years, he scored 81 goals in 142 games. Then, he made his debut for
Chelsea
In 172 matches, he scored only 45 goals, which is an absolutely terrible result for the "Golden Boy of Spain".
Radomel Falcao, 2015-16
Falcao has worked in
Manchester United Football Club
through a period of what could be described as a catastrophe, and so for the
Chelsea
For that matter, bringing in Falcao is a huge gamble.
2015.
Chelsea
Took Falcao on loan from Monaco and hoped to buy the player out. But due to fitness and problems adapting to the pace of the game, he only represented
Chelsea
12 appearances in all competitions. To make matters worse, he only scored 1 goal.
Alvaro Morata, 2017-18
2017.
Chelsea
brought in Spanish striker Morata for a whopping £60 million. There is a great deal of interest in the former
Real Madrid soccer team
The ballplayer came to
Chelsea
s first season, Morata scored 15 goals.
Morata had changed his shirt number to 29 in an attempt to break the Blues' No. 9 spell. But things got even worse in his second season at Stamford Bridge when he was
England Premier Soccer League
Only five goals have been scored in the league.
In 2019, Morata could only join Atletico Madrid in disgrace.
Gonzalo Iguane, 2019
The introduction of Iguana was then
Chelsea
A dream deal for manager Maurizio Sarri. Sarri in charge
Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
Iguaín was a huge success under him at the time, and the Italian coach knows how to maximize the potential of the Argentine star.
Three years ago, Iguana played for
Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
time, had scored 91 goals in 146 games. But coming to
England Premier Soccer League
After that, he's not doing as well as he used to.
Concerns had previously been raised about him being overweight and too slow, and eventually, those fears came true. Despite completing a double in his third game out, against Huddersfield, he was never able to recover in the
Serie A
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During that time, Iguaín played 19 games for the team, scoring 5 goals. After six months at Stamford Bridge, he returned to the
Juventus, Italian football team
