Chelsea signed in 9 Players along with Drogba – & how they fared
In the summer of 2004, Chelsea appointed Jose Mourinho and completed arguably their defining signing of the Premier League era with a £24million deal for Didier Drogba.
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Drogba scored 164 goals across two spells at Chelsea and his time at Stamford Bridge coincides with the most successful period in the club’s history.
But he wasn’t the only signing at Chelsea that summer, and we’ve taken a closer look at the other nine players the Blues bought ahead of the 2004-05 season.
Paulo Ferreira
After helping Jose Mourinho win the Treble with Porto in 2003-04, Ferreira became the manager’s first signing at Chelsea.
The right-back was an unspectacular but consistent performer at Stamford Bridge and won 11 major honors online over the years, including three Premier League titles, the Europa Lea, gue, and the Champions League.
“The boy never gets injured, which means he consistently plays around 60 games a season, no problem,” Mourinho said of the player. “Paulo will never get a mark of 10 out of 10 in a game or even nine, but neither will he ever get below a seven or an eight.
