When Didier Drogba left in the year 2012, there were requests from certain quarters to retire his shirt number, the number eleven, in order to respect what the forward had done for club.
However, that shirt number went to young Oscar who had just arrived at the club. Oscar currently wears another Legend's shirt number, the number 8 which earlier belonged to Frank Lampard. Now, it seems Pato, who arrived in London on loan from Corinthians, would get the opportunity to wear the famous number 11.
It certainly is a huge burden wearing the number of a player who is a legend at the club. Depay at United would be feeling similar pressure wearing the shirt number 7.
At the moment, however, Chelsea fans would hope that Pato could emulate their idol or even close to what he has done.
The forward was not able to participate in the FA cup win against MK Dons but is very much in contention to be a part of the Premier League clash that Chelsea are due to play against Watford in mid week.
Pato would certainly realize that his current spell at Chelsea may well be his last opportunity to prove to the footballing world about his talent which certainly has not blossomed after an early promise in his career. Fail here and he may have to move back to his native with Europe then being a distant memory.
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| Alexandre Pato set to follow in Drogba’s famous footsteps with No.11 shirt at Chelsea |
It certainly is a huge burden wearing the number of a player who is a legend at the club. Depay at United would be feeling similar pressure wearing the shirt number 7.
At the moment, however, Chelsea fans would hope that Pato could emulate their idol or even close to what he has done.
The forward was not able to participate in the FA cup win against MK Dons but is very much in contention to be a part of the Premier League clash that Chelsea are due to play against Watford in mid week.
Pato would certainly realize that his current spell at Chelsea may well be his last opportunity to prove to the footballing world about his talent which certainly has not blossomed after an early promise in his career. Fail here and he may have to move back to his native with Europe then being a distant memory.
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