Chelsea's loss, Rivals' gain - How the blues let go of the best talents in the Premier League
This season's Premier League has been quite a one horse race. None of the "Top 6" have been able to match Manchester City's quality on the field. Individually, we have seen the rise of a number of players. Among them are Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne and the "Egyptian Messi" , Mohamed Salah, all of whom have been a part of Chelsea at some point in their careers as young prospects. 1. Romelu Lukaku First comes Lukaku, who signed for Chelsea from Anderlecht after scoring 19 and 20 goals in 2 consecutive seasons. He instantly took his place on the bench as Chelsea had one too many strikers to deal with. Torres and Drogba were both ahead of the Belgian in the pecking order, and both of them proved pivotal to Chelsea's success in the Champions League in 2012. Lukaku was then loaned to West Brom the following season, producing 17 goals in the league. The signings of Eto'o and Ba in the summer of 2013 meant first team action was a far fetched id...