10 Players You Didn't Know Chelsea Almost Signed

Imagine if Chelsea had signed Sergio Aguero...

By Joseph Dempsey /

Chelsea are a club used to getting what they want. Ever since the £140 million take-over by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich in 2003, money has not been an object for the London outfit, one of English football€™s most profligate sides of the 21st century. Abramovich€™s well-thumbed chequebook has been used to persuade some of the world€™s best players to join the Stamford Bridge revolution over the past decade, with the likes of Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and more recently Diego Costa pulling on a Blue jersey. The players they have signed has understandably made all the back pages of the Sunday tabloids, with Abramovich signing no fewer than 89 players as a cost of £905 million since his takeover. But it€™s the players he didn€™t sign that get the less publicity. Over the years, Chelsea have been linked with a number of stars, and have come very close indeed to signing them. How different could their future have been if they had signed a young Sergio Aguero? Or if a certain Italy legend had moved to SW6? We€™ll never know, but here, we thought we€™d immortalise the €˜what could have beens€™ with our list of 10 players you didn't know Chelsea almost signed. Click 'next' to begin.