I won the World Cup and Champions League and then almost joined Chelsea – but they said I was too old
With huge-spending Chelsea nonetheless within the mire, they might do worse than look to a participant they snubbed for recommendation on the way to get out of their rut. The Blues have began the Premier League with two defeats and only a single win in 4 matches, coming off of a disastrous Twelfth-place end final season. 3 Pirlo is without doubt one of the biggest midfielders to ever play soccer and he might have been a Chelsea participantCredit score: Getty Photos – Getty That’s all regardless of co-owner Todd Boehly spending a staggering £1billion on switch charges previously three home windows, to this point with little reimbursement. Stripping aside a aspect that gained the Champions League shortly earlier than his and Clearlake Capital’s arrival, Boehly’s identity-less and ever altering squad is wanting misplaced beneath Mauricio Pochettino, his fourth coach in simply over a 12 months. Nevertheless, managerial and squad turnover is nothing new at Stamford Bridge, with earlier proprietor turned heavily-sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich utilizing the identical playbook, however with drastically extra impact. In 2009, Abramovich went Italian, bringing in Carlo Ancelotti from Milan, with glorious outcomes. The legendary coach gained a Premier League…