modric then? Chelsea have hijacked five transfers from their Premier League rivals

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Arsenal really want Mykhaylo Mudryk, who really wants to join them, but Chelsea have a lot of money and are not at all averse to hijacking transfers. They’ll drag him kicking and screaming to Stamford Bridge if need be, where he’ll presumably head straight to the treatment table.

In any case, here are five players who were previously stolen from under the noses of their Premier League rivals by Chelsea before completely turning away from Arsenal fans.

Arjen Robben “Old Trafford is the only place he wants to play and if he can’t play there he’d rather stay at PSV. In fact, he’d rather play in their reserves than go to Chelsea. My son won’t go to Chelsea. Arjen’s father said in 2004 Sir Alex Ferguson, after having celebrated the pavilion and dined over my dead body, “will go over there”.

Leaping on his father’s lifeless form, Robben accepted a much more lucrative offer from Chelsea weeks later, before joining Real Madrid in 2007; Nostradamus Ruben Senior had earlier claimed that his son “never liked” Los Blancos because he only had eyes for Barcelona.

Tottenham’s Willian “bought his flight, but Willian saw the light, got the call from Abramovich, and went away to Stamford Bridge.” Made even more recognizable by the chant Chelsea fans sang to death during the Brazilian’s time in west London, Willian was already hours away from a move to Tottenham from Anzhi Makhachkala.

“This is the risk doctors pose decades ago, and the best thing is to do a medical in secret,” said Jose Mourinho after Willian catapulted across the capital to sign for Chelsea after his rivals proudly announced that the winger had completed his pre-match medical. The papers are signed.

John Obi Mikel “It’s absolutely fantastic to come to a club like Manchester United,” 18-year-old John Obi Mikel, in Manchester United’s red, said upon being unveiled. Not many players my age get that chance.

Actually he didn’t. David Gill went to MUTV confirming the contract after they agreed terms with Mikel and his Norwegian club Lyn Oslo, but Chelsea at the same time agreed a deal with Mikel and his representatives. FIFA had to step in but Mikel wanted to join Chelsea, who paid United £12m to go away.

“It’s the best decision I’ve ever made,” said Mikel, who won 10 major titles in his decade at Stamford Bridge.

Would Mohamed Salah be a Liverpool legend if he moved to the club in January 2014? He is now of course, having scored 172 goals and won the Premier League and Champions League. But he would have been on Merseyside for three-and-a-half years before eventually joining and landing on the wing at Anfield.

He certainly didn’t seem like he was cut out of Premier League football when he joined Chelsea, but then we can easily come up with a few names who surfaced immaturely at Stamford Bridge who quickly became global stars thereafter. Leaving.

Florent Malouda Liverpool were very keen on Malouda in 2007, but as the Frenchman revealed, chasing Rafael Benitez got him nowhere. “Benítez called me several times and he’s a good guy and a good coach, but we didn’t manage to find a way to make me join,” said Malouda.

It was former Guingamp teammate Didier Drogba – who later became an important goal provider for Malouda – who managed to persuade Malouda to join him at Stamford Bridge, having “annoyed” him since his debut for the Blues.

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