#4 Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko was a club legend at AC Milan and was adored by fans and respected by colleagues.
His list of achievements are incredible. He’s the third highest goal scorer in UEFA Champions League history, the third top goal scorer in all European competitions and he also won the prestigious Ballon d’Or in 2004, beating Deco and Ronaldinho.
His reputation as a deadly striker and apparent close friendship with Roman Abramovich saw Chelsea fork out a hefty £30.8m to bring him to Stamford Bridge, in the process breaking the record for transfer fees paid for a forward.
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But like many others before him, he simply failed to adjust to life in the Premier League, scoring a measly 14 goals in 51 appearances in his first season for the club.
His failure can be attributed to the fact that he was apparently not a Jose Mourinho signing, but an Abramovich one, with Mourinho not too keen on paying such a hefty fee for a 30-year-old.
The arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari in 2008 saw him leave on loan, back to the club where he initially made his name, AC Milan. But he never managed to recapture the form that saw him hailed as one of the best strikers of the game, ending his career in native Ukraine with Dynamo Kyiv.
