16 Aug 2016 13:58:41
Good morning boys and girls.
The lads on the United page are discussing what a beast Essien was when he first joined Chelsea and it got me to thinking who do you guys as Chelsea fans think has been the best signing during the Abramovich reign?
16 Aug 2016 14:29:49
I'm inclined to say either Essien or Drogba. Essien is my favourite player ever. As you say, a genuine, straight up BEAST of a player. He could destroy whole midfields by himself and had that cracker of a shot. Essien is in my opinion the biggest reason that Barcelona always had such a tough time with us in those days. They simply couldn't cope with the physicality he brought. I'd damn near do anything to have prime Essien back. Right now I don't know if there's a better midfielder on the planet than prime Essien. It's a shame the knee issues slowed him down that much. Love the Bison!
Drogba was obviously a monumental buy as well. One of the best strikers I've seen in the PL, and a real class act of the pitch as well. To this day, he's a great ambassador of the club, and I hope he'll be back at Chelsea in the near future (as a coach or something, not a player) .
Yeah, Essien is the best buy for me :-)
Other mentions include Ballack (who came on a free, so great value), Makelele and Hazard.
16 Aug 2016 14:33:22
Well only 2 Chelsea players have won the pfa player of the year, John terry and Eden hazard, so on paper you would have to say hazard is the best player we have signed, we've had a lot of world class players, drogba, essien, a. cole, ballack, ect ., so for me it would be hazard, same as when people say who is the best ever in the premiership history, and only 1 player in prem history has won the ballon dore, Ronaldo, so for me he has to be, that's the. Logic I'm going for, but my faviorte player was drogba.
16 Aug 2016 14:41:48
Simple. Drogba.
16 Aug 2016 14:10:20
Drogba.
16 Aug 2016 15:06:39
Can't be anyone other than Drogba. Essien was great but never won the Champions league.
16 Aug 2016 15:29:21
Drogba, Ashley Cole, Cech or Hazard for me. First three were three of the most important players in Chelsea's history and probably our best players in our 2012 CL win and they also made up part of our spine for our most successful period ever. Should probably mention that I can't remember if Cech was a RA signing or whether it was just before before you all shoot me down haha! And as for Eden I think he is on his way to becoming our best ever player although I expect he'll end up at Madrid sooner or later where he will win Ballon D'or after Ballon D'or. He is truly special.
16 Aug 2016 15:38:09
Didi by a mile, if hazard fires us to a domestic treble and scores 30+ goals I'll change my mind but until then.
16 Aug 2016 16:06:24
@Cat - your logic is flawed, it could well be that the second best player in one year is streets ahead of a winner in another year! my pick would be cech or Ashley cole for best signing as I feel they are the 2 most shrewd and match defining signings we have made.
16 Aug 2016 16:13:41
Drogba.
16 Aug 2016 16:40:59
Can't believe no one has put lampard.
16 Aug 2016 16:46:43
The drog.
Cech was Ranieri.
16 Aug 2016 16:59:53
Has got to be Asier Del Horno or Khalid Boulahrouz :)
16 Aug 2016 17:03:37
Lampard wasn't signed by Abramovich Danny83.
16 Aug 2016 17:05:45
Danny83 lampard was bought before abramovic. I personally feel it would have to be drogba or essien.
16 Aug 2016 17:13:12
Drogba
Cech
Ashley Cole
In that order, as good as essien was his injuries meant we never got a 3 season spell when he was consistently outstanding. On his day he was the key to the game but overall he can't be out ahead of those 3 I've listed.
16 Aug 2016 17:14:40
Ohh crap didn't read the question properly haha essien then.
16 Aug 2016 17:16:27
Drogba 100%. essien could have been but injuries stopped tht.
16 Aug 2016 21:10:51
Have to agree with the drogba vote but a little mention for Ricky carvalho who made a solid partnership with JT. The worse has to be Torres.
17 Aug 2016 04:12:10
This might be an alternative answer but I think bringing in Jose the first time was the most significant signing of the Abromavich era. He introduced the culture that still remains within the club. As far as players go I would have to say didier, although the bison was one of my favorite players of all time.
17 Aug 2016 07:57:17
Cech was late Ranieri, as was RA. Not sure who was first though.
17 Aug 2016 14:05:12
Drogba for me for obvious reasons which people have already stated but my second choice would be Damian Duff! He was quality out on the left for us and was my favourite player in the world at that time being as I'm a Republic of Ireland supporter.