A Tribute to Ricardo Carvalho
Carvalho in his last game in a Chelsea shirt against Frankfurt
It seems now inevitable that the curtain is about to fall on Ricardo Carvalho’s illustrious six year career at Chelsea as the club and Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid have agreed a £6.7m fee for the 32 year old defender.
After amassing an awe imspiring 9 honours including a hat trick of FA Cup and League Championship medals, he held the line during what is the most successful period in the clubs history.
Arriving shortly after his new employer at Stamford Bridge from Porto he quickly ousted William Gallas as the preferred partner to John Terry in the centre of defence and earned a reputation as a cultured and talented defender. Always a danger from set pieces he scored a suprisingly low 11 times for Chelsea but doubtlessy created many more by the nuisance he caused in opposition penalty area.
It is with little doubt that Chelsea and in particular John Terry can attribute a great amount of their collective success to the defensive capabilities of Ricardo Carvalho and a tribute to his talent that he has became such a vital part of an incredibly successful Chelsea team.
He has earnt the admiration of the Chelsea faithful and whilst it has seemed inevitable for a long time now that he would at sometime rejoin Jose Mourinho, he will be sorely missed.
The only upside of this departure is that at 32 the defender is entering the twilight of his career and £6.7m represents excellent value to Chelsea providing Alex and Ivanovic can step up sufficiently to fill the Portugeuse internationals shoes.
Finally I would like to propose a toast to Ricardo Carvalho, a true Chelsea legend.
Ricardo Carvalho Stats
Appearances: 210
Goals: 11
Watch the last one with the sound off!
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