5 number 9's who didn't live up to expectations at Chelsea

#1 Fernando Torres £50m (2011 - 2015)

Torres was a massive flop at Chelsea

There was really only one player who could top this list and he came in the form of a £50m (then British record transfer record) on transfer deadline day in January of 2011.

How Fernando Torres quite went from spectacular world class striker at Liverpool to being the subject of bants and online memes at Chelsea remains quite a mystery, as for the entirety of his stay at Chelsea he failed to justify the hype and optimism which greeted his arrival.

The Hollywood looking Torres was a prime goalscorer at Liverpool, which saw him secure a podium finish at the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards as well as make it into consecutive PFA and FIFPro XI's in 2008 and 2009.

He ended his Liverpool career with 81 goals from 142 appearances and many Chelsea fans expected that he would bring this kind of form to Stamford Bridge with him.

It all went horribly off-script for Torres however, as it took him nine games to break his duck for Chelsea and that was the sign of things to come as he endured numerous other goalscoring droughts for the entirety of his Chelsea spell.

Torres struggled for form horribly in front of goal, missing gilt-edged chances and showing signs of lack of confidence which was a far cry from the super confident Torres at Chelsea.

His time at Chelsea was disastrous, with him scoring just 45 goals from 172 matches in all competitions and while there were high points (such as his goal against Barcelona in the 2012 UCL as well as the first goal in the Europa League final of 2013), he left London with an overwhelming feeling of underachievement.