Chelsea FC: The 8 Worst Signings of All Time

A club famous for its big-money signings, Chelsea have bought some world-class players, some very good players and well, let's just say, some not very good players.

I'm sure all of you have players you could add to this list, there are many.

This is just a collection of some of the biggest flops and wastes of money ever to wear the Chelsea blue.

Juan Sebastian Veron

When Juan Sebastian Veron signed for Manchester United in 2001 after an impressive spell at Lazio, the English fans looked forward to seeing him in action.

But they were to be disappointed. He did not shine for United and was nowhere near justifying his £28.1-million price tag.

So when Chelsea signed him two years later for £15 million, Chelsea fans were left scratching their heads.

Needless to say, he failed to impress at the Bridge, scoring only one goal in seven appearances.

Pierluigi Casiraghi

This choice may seem a bit harsh due to the reason why he was such a flop at Chelsea. But I think his inclusion is justified.

Joining from Lazio in 1998 for £5.4 million, Casiraghi had little time to win over the fans.

His career was cut short following a challenge with Shaka Hislop that resulted in a cruciate-ligament injury.

This was on just his 10th appearance, in which time he only netted once.

Robert Fleck

Bought instead of Teddy Sheringham (not the wisest move), Fleck cost Chelsea £2.1 million, which at the time in 1992 was a club record.

In his 49 appearances, he scored only four times.

This could be due to Chelsea's tactics of whipping in crosses all the time, after just spending a lot of money on a vertically challenged striker.

Gabriele Ambrosetti

Gabriele Ambrosetti or "The Next Ryan Giggs," as Vialli liked to call him, cost Chelsea £3.5 million in 1999.

Scoring an impressive zero goals in 16 appearances, Chelsea fans were glad to see the back of him.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, these 16 appearances were spread out over four long years in West London.

Chris Sutton

After an impressive spell at Blackburn Rovers, Sutton's £10-million fee didn't seem all that ridiculous...at first.

Joining in 1999, the English Striker scored only once in 28 dismal performances.

He then moved to Celtic for £6 million and started scoring again. 

Maybe he didn't like living in London.

Winston Bogarde

The man who wouldn't leave.

After signing for Chelsea in 2000 on the advice of Mario Melchiot (thanks, Mario), Bogarde made just 11 appearances for the side.

Shortly after joining, then-manager Claudio Ranieri wanted him to leave.

But after many efforts to try and sell him, no club would offer to pay his £40,000 a week salary.

It was at this time that Bogarde was being subtly asked to leave when he was demoted to the youth and reserve teams.

He wouldn't budge and decided he was fine with not playing and still getting paid his full salary.

You can't blame him, really.

Andriy Shevchenko

In 2006, Sheva joined Chelsea, and hype and hysteria swarmed Stamford Bridge.

The Ukrainian goal-scoring machine was going to fire Chelsea to glory...except he didn't quite live up to said hype.

His £30.8-million transfer brought a measly nine goals, and his on-pitch demeanour was one of someone who was fed up and didn't want to be there.

Not the way to impress someone who has just spent over £30 million for your services.

Fernando Torres?

El Nino is a world-class footballer, no doubt about it.

But since joining Chelsea from Liverpool in January 2011 for a staggering £50 million, he has disappointed everyone, including himself.

If he continues his current form of three goals in 25 games, he will surely go down as the biggest Chelsea transfer-flop of all time.

If, however, he can overcome his dry spell and get back to his brilliant best, it could be a whole different story.

Only time will tell.