Chelsea and AC Milan, two seemingly unrelated teams, have an unusually good relationship, with three players passing through the Rossoneri by Chelsea this summer alone, including Fikayo Tomori, Olivier Giroud and Timoye Bakayoko. In fact, before that, the two teams also had many direct transactions, and this article is allowed to be counted in detail.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Gonzalo Higuain</h1>
In the summer of 2018, Gonzalo Higuaín was forced to leave Juventus due to the addition of Cristiano Ronaldo and transferred to Serie A's AC Milan for an €18 million loan fee. However, in Milan, Higuain's goal scoring rate is only mediocre, scoring only eight goals in 22 games, which is a clear gap with Juventus. In the middle of the season, AC Milan decided on adult beauty and sent him back to Juventus so that Chelsea could sign the old club for manager Maurizio Sarri. However, in the Blues, Higuain also failed to play back to his peak level, scoring five goals in 19 games; in the Europa League final Sarri would rather trust Olivier Giroud than the Argentine goalscorer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > Mario Passalic</h1>
Mario Passalic is a member of the Chelsea "Taxi" and has never played for the Blues' first team and has been loaned by Chelsea to five teams. In the 2016–17 season, Mario Passalic was loaned to AC Milan and scored five goals in 27 russoners. However, he did not get a Milan buyout, but was loaned out by Chelsea. It wasn't until the summer of 2020 that he won the Atalanta buyout with a superb stats of 20 goals in 87 games in two seasons.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > Marko Van Kinker</h1>
Marco van Ginkel, now just 28, was recognised by Chelsea in the summer of 2013 and was taken over by the Blues for a transfer fee of 9 million ibrahimovics and is seen as Lampard's successor. However, the supernova suffered a serious injury in the team's first season and failed to succeed as desired. In the following season, he was loaned to AC Milan to regain his form of play, with Marco Van Kinkir scoring one goal in 18 games for Milan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > Fernando Torres</h1>
In the same summer that Marco Van Kinkir was loaned, Fernando Torres was also sent away by Chelsea. At that time, Chelsea were determined to rectify the front line and signed three powerful centre-forwards, Diego Costa, Leuk Remy and Drogba, and Fernando Torres was sold by the team for a transfer fee of 100 euros to AC Milan. At Milan, Fernando Torres scored a goal with just 10 appearances, and was loaned to his home team Atletico Madrid half a season later before being bought out by the "Sheets".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > Shevchenko</h1>
If we want to talk about the most famous deal between the two armies, how can we not mention the "Ukrainian nuclear warhead" Shevchenko. Shevchenko was one of Chelsea's most famous signings, having shocked the world in the summer of 2006 with a deal that shocked the world at a hefty £30 million deal. However, Shevchenko was unsatisfactory in the Premier League, playing for the team in 76 games in two seasons and scoring 22 goals, which is not directly proportional to his goal rate in Milan; on the contrary, Drogba next to him has become more and more courageous, becoming a legendary center in the Premier League. In the 2008–09 season, Shevchenko was loaned back to Milan, but he was no longer brave, scoring just two goals in 26 games.