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.
We’ve ranked every striker signed by Chelsea since Roman Abramovich bought the club – which excludes homegrown talents such as Tammy Abraham.
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. Sorry, Daniel Philliskirk.
23. Franco Di Santo
Look, we understand how this happened. 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.
But it was still less embarrassing for Chelsea to let Steve Sidwell and Khalid Boulahrouz wear the No.9 shirt than Di Santo.
22. Radamel Falcao
We’re not sure why Chelsea signed Falcao after he had failed so miserably at Manchester United, but sign him they did.
One goal in a dozen appearances, only one of which came after October due to fitness issues. If only they’d been warned.
21. Alexandre Pato
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.
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.
I have absolutely no memory of Alexandre Pato playing for Chelsea. https://t.co/5LPabbzElX
— Ankit (@ankitpathak04) August 12, 2018
20. Claudio Pizarro
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.
But a debut goal against Birmingham City was followed by just one more strike, coincidentally in the return fixture against Birmingham.
Birmingham were relegated from the Premier…
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