We all found it quite incredible. First of all that he said it, but also that he managed to say it with a straight face. But earlier this week, England left back Ashley Cole actually uttered the words: “There are no egos at Chelsea.”
Are my ears playing tricks on me? Below, we’ve compiled a list of the egos currently at Chelsea*.
1 Petr Cech 2 Branislav Ivanovic 3 Ashley Cole 4 Marinho David Luiz 5 Michael Essien 7 Ramires 8 Frank Lampard 9 Fernando Torres 10 Yossi Benayoun 11 Didier Drogba 12 Mikel 15 Florent Malouda 17 Jose Bosingwa 18 Yury Zhirkov 19 Paulo Ferreira 21 Salomon Kalou 22 Ross Turnbull 23 Daniel Sturridge 26 John Terry 33 Alex 34 Ryan Bertrand 38 Patrick Van Aanholt 39 Nicolas Anelka 40 Henrique Hilario 41 Sam Hutchinson 43 Jeffrey Bruma 46 Joshua McEachran 47 Billy Clifford 50 Jan Sebeck 55 Jacopo Sala 62 Nathaniel Chalobah
*Please note this is just a list of the egos on the first team playing staff. The egos at the club could well extend beyond this.