Chelsea fans, let’s take you back to darker times briefly, around the time in January when the Blues came very close to signing Edin Dzeko from AS Roma.
Wanting a new striker, Antonio Conte was fixated on trying to sign a target man, eventually landing Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud, which has worked out relatively OK since.
Despite not being regularly selected by Maurizio Sarri, the French striker can put his lack of club minutes to one side for now while he polishes his World Cup champions’ medal he won over the summer, while picking up three assists in 153 minutes of league football.
Returning to Edin Dzeko, Marca on Wednesday reveal that Chelsea weren’t the only ones interested in the now 32-year-old, as Real Madrid were also on his trail.
However, the former Manchester City forward refused to swap clubs, even for a heftier paycheque, as he knew he wouldn’t be the first choice in either side, overshadowed by the likes of Alvaro Morata and the aforementioned Portuguese superstar.
Now, Dzeko is readying himself to face the club he could have joined back in January in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
It’s interesting to think what might have happened had he agreed to move to Spain, or London, for that matter.
Had he chosen the latter, for example, he might be playing on Thursday nights instead…
