Arsenal really want Mykhaylo Mudryk, who really wants to join them, but Chelsea have lots of money and aren’t at all averse to a transfer hijack. They’ll drag him kicking and screaming to Stamford Bridge if needs be, where he will presumably head straight for the treatment table.
Anyway, here are five players Chelsea have previously stolen from under Premier League rivals’ noses before they thoroughly and hilariously p*ss off Arsenal fans.
Arjen Robben
“Old Trafford is the only place he wants to play and if he can’t play there he would rather stay at PSV. In fact, he would rather play in their reserves than go to Chelsea. My son will not go to Chelsea. Over my dead body will he go there,” said Arjen’s father in 2004, the winger having been wined and dined by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Robben leapt over the lifeless form of his dad to accept a far more lucrative offer from Chelsea weeks later, before joining Real Madrid in 2007; Nostradamus Robben senior had earlier claimed his son “never liked” Los Blancos as he only had eyes for Barcelona.
Willian
Tottenham “bought his flight, but Willian he saw the light, he got the call from Abramovich, and off he went to Stamford Bridge.” Made more memorable through the chant that Chelsea fans sung to death during the Brazilian’s time in west London, Willian was indeed hours away from moving to Spurs from Anzhi Makhachkala.
“That’s the danger of medicals before contracts, the best thing is to do the medical in secret,” Jose Mourinho said after Willian had hopped across the capital to sign for Chelsea after their rivals had proudly announced that the winger had completed his medical ahead of the paperwork being signed.
John Obi Mikel
“It’s totally fantastic to come to a club like Manchester United,” said an 18-year-old John Obi-Mikel, adorned in the red of United upon his unveiling. “Not many players my age get that chance.”
Indeed neither did he. David Gill went on MUTV holding up the contract after they had agreed terms with Mikel and his Norwegian club Lyn Oslo, but Chelsea had simultaneously agreed a deal with Mikel and his representatives. FIFA had to intervene but Mikel wanted to join Chelsea, who ended up paying United £12m to go away.
“It’s the best decision I have ever made in my life,” said Mikel, who won ten major trophies in his decade at Stamford Bridge.
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