The 9 players Chelsea signed along with Eden Hazard & how they fared

On May 26, 2012, Eden Hazard took to Twitter to bring an end to months of speculation, announcing that he was to join the champions of Europe, Chelsea.

Hazard had forged a reputation as one of the best young players in Europe at Lille, and lived up to the hype at Chelsea, becoming a Premier League Player of the Year in 2014-15 and playing a starring role in two league titles before he was sold to Real Madrid in 2019.

But Roman Abramovich sanctioned more additions to help bolster Roberto Di Matteo’s Champions League-winning squad, with nine others arriving that summer alongside the Belgian. We’ve taken a look at how they fared.

With Lucas Piazon finally sold, Charly Musonda Jr – son of the former Anderlecht and Zambia stalwart Charly Musonda Sr – is making a good go of becoming Chelsea’s new classic perennial loanee.

He had a reputation as a teenage prodigy and was just 15 years old when Chelsea reportedly beat the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United to his signature.

Musonda spent the following years developing his skills in Chelsea’s famed academy, featuring alongside the likes of Dominic Solanke, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham as the young Blues won the FA Youth Cup in 2014 and 2015.

He made three Premier League appearances, and seven in all competitions, as Antonio Conte’s Chelsea finished a disappointing 5th in 2017-18, but he’s had to look further afield for more senior opportunities. Loans at Real Betis, Celtic and – of course – Vitesse have followed.

Charly’s older brother, Lamisha, left Anderlecht for Chelsea on the same day as his sibling in July 2012.

He spent 18 months on the books at Stamford Bridge but never made appeared for the first team and returned to Belgium in