Chelsea Transfers: 7 Worst Ever Mourinho Signings

is widely tipped to leave the Santiago Bernabeu in the summer and make his "second coming" to English football, with the West London club his prime destination. During his first tenure at the Bridge, he brought the club tremendous success and was a figurehead for Roman Abramovich's take-over and the subsequent cash-rich era that followed. A jaw-dropping £225 million was spent under the Mourinho era on the likes of Michael Essien, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko, and though the success of back-to-back Premier League titles and an FA Cup win followed in the three years of his tenure, it is difficult not to look back and run the rule over some of those purchases considering the inordinate sums of money lavished on players. Here, we take a look at 7 of the worst transfer signings under the Mourinho era. Click "Next" to begin.