Chelsea to sell of this £33m player who was signed by Lampard
It’s been a rough couple of years for Chelsea Football Club, a couple of years that have seen them stuck in midtable mediocrity despite spending absurd amounts of money on promising young players.
That said, Todd Boehly and Co have also recouped a reasonably sizeable sum of money through player sales in that time. However, although one Frank Lampard signing has yet to be sold. The star’s value has plunged in recent years and is now worth even less than Trevoh Chalobah.
Hakim Ziyech agreed to join Lampard’s Blues in a £33m deal in February 2020 before moving to the club a few months later.
There was a lot of excitement around the deal. Because the Dronten-born ace had been scintillating for Ajax in the years prior. For example, in the 2019/20 campaign, he scored nine goals and provided 20 assists in 35 appearances.
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However, his brilliant form didn’t carry over to England, and in his first season in Blue, he returned just six goals and four assists in 39 appearances and missed 14 games through injury.
While his second season at Stamford Bridge was not bad, it was just as underwhelming as his first. In 44 games, the 5 foot 11 wideman scored eight goals and provided six assists for Chelsea. This meaning he averaged a goal involvement every 3.1 games.
Unfortunately for all involved, it wasn’t third time lucky, as the 2022/23 campaign saw the left-footed ace lose his place in the first team and return his worst haul yet: just three assists in 24 appearances on Chelsea shirt.
After a permanent move away from the team failed to materialise in the summer, he was sent to Galatasaray on loan. There it would be fair to say things have gone from bad to worse.