Chelsea Football Club’s BEST and WORST purchase in their club’s history

Who is the best player Chelsea Football Club has ever purchased?

And who is the worst?

ESPN FC asked their club bloggers for their all-time football tops and flops in the transfer market.

Let’s take a look at who they chose for Chelsea Football Club:

Best:

Frank Lampard.

Went on to become Chelsea’s all time record goalscorer with 211 goals from 649 appearances in all competitions. In a glittering 13-year career at Stamford Bridge, he won 11 major trophies and captained the Blues’ Champions League final winning side in 2012.

Worst:

Winston Bogarde.

Chelsea signed him on a four-year deal worth £10 million in wages. Despite winning the Champions League with Ajax and two La Liga titles with Barcelona, Claudio Ranieri didn’t rate the player. Bogarde started just four games and featured off the bench eight times, but rather than seek a move away and play for less money, he opted to “honour” his contract and ended up training with the kids and commuting daily by plane from the Netherlands. Wages of £10m divided by 12 appearances = £833,333 per game played … nice work if you can get it! — Mark Worrall