6 Chelsea 'flops' who have gone on to do well elsewhere

Southampton v Chelsea - Premier League
Luis was sold too quickly by the Blues

#4 Daniel Sturridge

Sunderland v Chelsea - Premier League
Sunderland v Chelsea - Premier League

They may not be thinking this now, but not too long ago the site of Daniel Sturridge doing his dance as he nearly led Liverpool to the league title must have made Chelsea fans sick to their stomach. A £12 million signing by Liverpool in January 2013, Sturridge was looking for a fresh start in his career.

He was an instant hit at Liverpool scoring 10 goals in the second half of the season at the club and 21 the following season as he finished as the league's 2nd highest goal-getter, just behind teammate Luis Suárez, who he formed a formidable partnership with. That season, Chelsea may have been just one lethal striker away from winning the league and unknowingly had one in their ranks just a year previous.

Chelsea will obviously not take him now, but there is no doubt that when he was terrorising defences for fun and Chelsea had Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto'o and Demba Ba as their options. Compared to Sturridge's 21 league goals that season, Torres, Eto'o and Ba scored a combined 19 between them, Torres with 5, Eto'o scored 9 and Ba scored 5.

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