The shirt number 26 at Chelsea remained vacant for 5 back-to-back seasons after John Terry left the club in 2017. There’s no Player in the Chelsea squad between the 2017/18 and 2021/22 seasons that wore the shirt number 26, despite the fact that Chelsea didn’t retire the jersey in honor of England International John Terry....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Last summer, Kalidou Koulibaly took the shirt number 26 after Chelsea signed him permanently from Napoli for a fee of £33million.
The Senegalese Defender was a Leader at Napoli because he was their Skipper before joining Chelsea so, no one bat an eye when he asked John Terry for the shirt number 26 last summer.
However, Kalidou Koulibaly didn’t sit comfortably into that role last season as he struggled for consistency throughout the season. Chelsea had to cut their loss by getting rid of him this summer by selling him to Saudi Arabia Pro League club Al Hilal.
After just one season, the shirt number 26 is going to return back to where it came from and probably remain untouched for next season.
At the moment, Chelsea doesn’t have any Defender that’s worthy of wearing the shirt number. There’s Thiago Silva in the team but the Brazilian Defender would hardly drop the shirt number 6 for shirt number 26.
The likes of Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile and Levi Colwill would be assuming an overwhelming role by deciding to wear shirt number 26.
