10 Weirdest New Signing Reveals In Football History

6. Rudiger Frequents Fan Store's Back Room - Chelsea

In a tale of poor acting and awkward dialogue, a boy and his father goes to the Chelsea Fan Store. The boy demands Rudiger's name to be put on the back of his shirt. The cashier goes to the back room to see if this is possible. The cashier finds Rudiger standing around, looking "cool" (and somewhat puzzled as to why he had to do this), gets a thumbs up from him and the news is confirmed. He's a Chelsea player now. The family heads back home with a new shirt. The end.

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The best way to describe this reveal would be to call it a shambles. At the time, Rudiger's stock was pretty high. A promising spell at Roma and his breakthrough into the German national team preceded the move. Chelsea was also in a bit of a rebuilding phase. The pair seemed quite right for each other.

However, turning your future defensive lynchpin into banter-fodder, isn't quite the right way to go about things. Fans were left puzzled by why Chelsea would try to challenge Manchester United for the crown of Weirdest Signing Reveal of The Decade. Luckily for Blues fans, this effort didn't quite match Alexis and his piano.

With so many questions left unanswered, the most pertinent one has to be why the boy wanted a defender's shirt, instead of Eden Hazard's.

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