During the recent 15 years London Chelsea has changed from a usual English Premier League team into a top-level club of the world level. Сash injections are due in no small part in this breakthrough and as a result great transfer politics followed. However among a number of successful transfers there were unexpected failures. Here is TOP-5 fantastic players who didn’t satisfy Chelsea expectations.

Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah made all football Europe admire his game when he played for Swiss Basel. Many great teams wanted to sign The Egyptian but Chelsea were more insistently on the transfer market. Everyone expected Salah to get used to the Premier League football style. He could maintain a high pace in the attack and show incredible high-speed from the first to the last minute of the match. But soon it became clear that Mohamed was losing to Eden Hazard and Willian. Jose Mourinho didn’t give the Egyptian winger any time to adapt and was transferred to Fiorentina. Now he is back to England and managed to become not only Liverpool top-player but the whole world.

Kevin De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne moved to Chelsea at a fairly young age and became the victim of Chelsea policy according to young players. Yes, they found an incredibly talented and young player for the club. But Jose Mourinho and Londoners coaching staff decided to rely on the experienced players and De Bruyne practically didn’t appear in the lineup. As a result he spent six months on the Chelsea's bench and left. Mourinho did not interfere with the Belgian midfielder transfer. And in vain. De Bruyne showed a fantastic level of football in Wolfsburg and moved to Manchester City. And it cost an arm and a leg.

Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku’s fate almost repeats the situation of Kevin De Bruyne in Chelsea. Despite the impressive talent of the striker Jose Mourinho didn’t give him a chance to approve himself and wanted to get rid of him. The Belgian football player didn’t resist and agreed to move to Everton. There Lukaku became the best scorer of the club in the Premier League history. So he was mainstreamed in the transfer market. The main contenders for the player were Manchester United and Chelsea. Londoners tried to correct their mistake and return the player to their squad. But the Belgian striker chose the Red Devils. And succeed.

Fernando Torres

One of the best Spanish strikers in the history of football Fernando Torres couldn’t miss this TOP. He moved to Chelsea already being a world-class star. Everyone hoped that Torres could become at least the second Didier Drogba. Nevertheless a loud failure expected Torres in Chelsea. Sometimes the goalless series lasted for about five months. All this completely destroyed the psychological state of the player. Many experts believed that the problem was not in Torres physical condition but inside his head. After all Fernando couldn’t realize his potential. Now the striker came on a fairly good level in Madrid Atletico again.

Andrey Shevchenko

Andrey Shevchenko scored 175 goals at the opponents' gate for 7 seasons in Milan. It seemed that a football player of this level simply cannot fail in the Premier League, but everything turned out quite in a different way. The Ukrainian was constantly harassed by injuries so he couldn’t reach his optimal condition. Nevertheless Jose Mourinho trusted Shevchenko and he always appeared in the lineup. However the situation changed when Abraham Grant became Chelsea coach. Everyone understood that Shevchenko’s leaving is inevitable.

It is worth noting that there were more candidates for getting into this TOP. For examble Juan Cuadrado, Alexandre Pato, Morata and Falcao. And who do you consider the nice football player who could not realize his potential in Chelsea?