Friday Flashback: When Chelsea won their first Premier League title in 50 years
Friday Flashback: When Chelsea won their first Premier League title in 50 years
Chelsea have emerged as the favourites to win the Premier League once again, and are well on their way to adding to one of the major dynasty’s of modern football. But it hadn’t always been that way. José Mourinho came in for the 2004/5 season and made some major changes to the Premier League outfit. Jose brought in Arjen Robben, Paulo Ferreira, Didier Drogba, Mateja Kezman, and Ricardo Carvalho. Quite a nice little spending spree. But you can’t overlook the class that was already present at Stamford Bridge. Sure, there was Lampard and Terry, but also Claude Makelele, Damien Duff, and Scott Parker controlling the midfield with Adrian Mutu up top.
