Jose Mourinho after showing the door to another player
#4 Romelu Lukaku
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Lukaku is probably one of Mourinho’s worst sales
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Romelu Lukaku was just coming off the back of an extremely successful season at West Brom where he had been sent on loan. After scoring 17 goals, Lukaku was expected to be the number 1 front man at the Blues. Mourinho though preferred an out-of-form Fernando Torres and an aging Samuel Eto’o.
Lukaku was loaned out to Everton where he continued to enjoy huge success. After completing a permanent move to the Toffees for £28m the following summer, Lukaku outperformed all of Chelsea’s strikers put together. One of the Premier League’s best strikers, Lukaku struck a club record 17 goals for Everton in the 2015/16 season. At just 23, the Belgian has still not reached his peak.
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Arvind Sriram
After a brief and undistinguished stint as an electrical engineer, Arvind discovered his true calling was churning out hyperbolic prose about athletes he had never met.
A writer and editor with close to a decade’s experience, Arvind’s work has been published on Sky Sports, the BBC, the Guardian and other leading websites. He has attended multiple Grand Slams on the ground and provided coverage for Super Bowls and the NBA playoffs.
As a lifelong fan of Arsenal and the Indianapolis Colts, he has mastered the art of managing expectations and can convince anyone that finishing fourth is a moral victory.
When not armchair quarterbacking, Arvind spends his time playing blitz chess online, watching air crash documentaries and smashing controllers after his latest Weekend League defeat.
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