Since oil kings joined Chelsea, although he hopes that the team will play a pleasant attacking football, since Mourinho took charge of the team, he has implanted defensive DNA for the Blues. The top backs produced by the team are also numerous, and let this article comment on a number of backs with outstanding contributions since the oil king entered the home.
5th place: Ramirez
In the summer of 2010, Chelsea did not make many reinforcements, except for Liverpool's signing of Benayoun, only Benfica brought in the unknown Ramires for 18 million pounds. However, Ramirez soon gained a foothold in the Blues and became the team's midfielder. He has endless strength, superior speed, accurate interception ability, and is a "midfield iron man" that every manager loves to spare. In 2012, he scored a key goal in the second leg of the Champions League against Barcelona, and although he was unable to play in the final due to accumulating a yellow card, he was also one of the heroes of Chelsea's first Champions League title. In five and a half seasons for the Blues, he played 251 games for the team, scoring 34 goals and 25 assists; in the winter of 2016, he was not reused by Hiddink and moved to Suning in the Chinese Super League for £25 million, ending his Blue Bridge years.
Fourth place: Mikel John
If Drogba and Cech were Chelsea's heroes in winning the 2012 Champions League, then Mikel John is certainly the team's unsung heroes. Mikel John, who joined the team in 2006, was transformed from front to back by Mourinho, but it had an unexpected effect. He is tall and has a strong ability to protect the ball, and it is extremely difficult to snatch the ball from his feet without two or three people. He played for the Blues for ten years and has been the team's midfielder. In the 2012 Champions League final, Ramirez and Raul Merrellez were suspended, and Essien suffered a serious decline in form due to a serious injury, leaving only Mikel John as an orthodox back. As a result, he was in front of the defensive line, resisting wave after wave of Bayern attacks, leading the team to win the first big ear cup in the history of the team. In his decade with the Blues, Mikel John played 372 games for the team, scoring 6 goals and 13 assists.
Third place: Makelele
The most wrong thing real Madrid president Florentino Perez did was to send Makelele to Chelsea in 2003, but Blues fans must have laughed "shut" when they recalled the transfer. The French defensive master overtook the Blues in 2003 for £16.8 million, that is, became the team's midfielder; in the 04-05 season, he formed a terrifying midfield trio with Lampard and Thiago, and his sweeping power and sense of position became the nightmare of countless attackers in the Premier League; his difficulty and protection of the defensive line were all textbook-level. In the blues' five seasons, Makelele played 217 games for the team, leading two Premier League titles and reaching the 2008 Champions League final, but unfortunately lost to Manchester United in the penalty shootout. After retiring from the army, Makelele returned to the Blues as a consultant for loaned players, continuing to contribute to the Blues.
Second place: Essien
Essien's nickname is as many as the stars, "African buffalo", and just mentioning this name has evoked countless long-lost memories. Essien was replaced by Lyon in 2005, when Thiago was sold as part of the deal, much to the surprise of fans. But Essien's performance did not disappoint the fans, his sweeping, dominance in midfield, long passes and long-range shooting ability are all world-class, and his versatility has made it difficult for him to be positioned as a "back". At the Blues, Essien played 256 games for the team, delivering 25 goals and 18 assists. His midfield combination with Ballack, Lampard and Makelele, as well as his many long-range shots, are still talked about today.
First place: Kante
It is quite difficult to count a back in the world of football that is better than Makelele and Essien, but Kante, who is almost omnipotent, is one of the few backs with this ability. Kante, whose sweeping power can almost cover the earth, is one of the few players to win the Premier League double Footballer of the Year as a defensive player, and since joining the Blues, he has also handed over excellent standards in almost every game, and has treated the opponent's attacking players obediently. With Kante in the midfield line, the Blues are like one more game; his most important thing is not only his sweeping power, but sometimes he can also do the work of breaking, advancing and shooting, which is really a model of "all-round". In the last season, he also made outstanding contributions on the way to winning the Champions League at Chelsea, and he won the best award in almost every knockout match, and he believes that he deserves the best player in the Champions League more than Jorginho.