{"id":1129451,"date":"2021-11-12T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1129451"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:26:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:26:44","slug":"forgotten-chelsea-players","status":"publish","type":"cult-corner","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/cult-corner\/forgotten-chelsea-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Chelsea players, from Fabio Borini to the ‘trivela’ king"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historically, the likes of Peter Osgood, Kerry Dixon and Bobby Tambling once shone at Chelsea, while the Roman Abramovich era is most heavily associated with Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Eden Hazard and Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But for every Hazard or Drogba, there is a Mateja Kezman or Juan Sebastian Veron, players whose Chelsea spells will be remembered for the reasons other than they might have hoped.<\/p>\n\n

But what about those players whose Chelsea spells that just don’t get remembered full stop? If at least one of the names on the list below doesn’t provoke a spit-take, let us know in the comments section below and we’ll try harder next time.<\/p>\n

Scott Sinclair<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Age: <\/strong>32<\/p>\n

Chelsea first-team appearances: <\/strong>14<\/p>\n

Chelsea goals: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Current club: <\/strong>Preston North End<\/p>\n

Scooped up from the Bristol Rovers youth academy, Scott Sinclair was highly-rated when he signed for Chelsea in 2005.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, during his five years at Stamford Bridge, which included six loan spells, Sinclair couldn’t break into the first-team set-up and only made 14 appearances for the Blues. An impressive stint with Swansea City earned another move to a big club, Manchester City, but once again Sinclair struggled.<\/p>\n

After loan moves with West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa, he moved to Celtic. There, he enjoyed success under Brendan Rodgers including being part of Celtic’s Invincibles squad of 2016\/17 before finally leaving for Preston North End in January 2020.<\/p>\n