Robinho, Torres, Hazard, Falcao and Cavani: History of the Chelsea transfer saga

Fernando Torres

This is not always the case though. In January 2011, Fernando Torres was subject to a long courtship and at zero hour, Chelsea paid an extortionate £50m for their man which in turn led to Liverpool wasting around £15m of the £30m they paid for panic-buy Andy Carroll.

So, overall, some sagas we have won, sometimes by losing but only time will tell if 2013 will see Chelsea have a successful football silly season.