This is something I've been thinking about today, simply looking back to the late 90s which is the Chelsea I consider my Chelsea. If we could have signed one player in the late 90s I'd choose Ian Wright. I know we were in for him in 1996 but Wenger joined Arsenal and kept him there. But I think we could have signe him in 1998 when he went to West Ham. Now I know he didn't set the world a light there but he wasn't playing in a great team. I think he would have given us those extra goals we needed in 98/99 to go on and win the league.

Who would you pick? and why?

I'd pick Pavel Nedved. I'm sure he would've adapted to the Premier League quickly. He could've been in a Duracell commercial, because he just kept going. Very physical, yet very skillful.

I'd have signed David Elleray before the '94 cup final but those Bar Stewards at United got there just before us!

Edgar Davids long before he went to Spurs

Um, probably Zinedine Zidane or Ronaldo. Either one of those two ahead of a 30 year old Ian Wright.

Edited May 27, 201511 yr by Blue Daze

Random, but Batigol.

Edited May 27, 201511 yr by GhostOfDembaPast

Um, probably Zinedine Zidane or Ronaldo. Either one of those two ahead of a 30 year old Ian Wright.

 

Neither of those two would've been realistic targets. We never would've been able to afford them and they certainly wouldn't have come to England anyway.

maldini. or schmeichel

It's meant to be realistic which is why he said Ian Wright

Neither of those two would've been realistic targets. We never would've been able to afford them and they certainly wouldn't have come to England anyway.

 

Zidane was. Almost ended up at Blackburn and left Bordeaux for just £3 million. Even Ronaldo started off at Cruzeiro before going to PSV.

 

Let's dream a little.

Gotta be r9.

Screw realism  The Brazilian Craig Charles.

 

 

 

 

What an amazing forward, On his day he would just kill defences for fun.

Edited May 27, 201511 yr by Luca Vialli

LeTissier would have been a success for us,if he'd had the bottle to come.

Um, probably Zinedine Zidane or Ronaldo. Either one of those two ahead of a 30 year old Ian Wright.

Again been a twat

I was obviously tying to be realistic

Edited May 27, 201511 yr by Bobbywoodhogan

Unrealistically.. Ronaldo

Realistically.... Letissier

But in the early 90s gullit was my favourite player so kind of got my way in an old and slow version

Andy Cole from Bristol City,

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I'd have signed David Elleray before the '94 cup final but those Bar Stewards at United got there just before us!

Free transfer with a brown envelope. Horrible day but we still out sang the mancs

Screw realism The Brazilian Craig Charles.

What an amazing forward, On his day he would just kill defences for fun.

Best forward I've seen remember he's hat trick at old Trafford unreal

A striker and we'd have won the league in '99. Ronaldo would have done.

Brazillian Ronaldo of course.

Unrealistically Fat Ronaldo

Realistically Le Tissier

This is something I've been thinking about today, simply looking back to the late 90s which is the Chelsea I consider my Chelsea. If we could have signed one player in the late 90s I'd choose Ian Wright. I know we were in for him in 1996 but Wenger joined Arsenal and kept him there. But I think we could have signe him in 1998 when he went to West Ham. Now I know he didn't set the world a light there but he wasn't playing in a great team. I think he would have given us those extra goals we needed in 98/99 to go on and win the league.

 

Speaking of Wenger, when Hoddle left to take the England job he actually recommended to Bates that we hire a Frenchman he'd worked with before... called Arsene Wenger. As it was we hired Ruud while Hoddle made the same recommendation to David Dein a short while later. How different might things have been?

Alan Shearer from Blackburn

Possibly Di Canio.

La tissier would have been a pleasure to watch.Jose would have liked his defensive side of the game lol.