It is over five years since French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko arrived at Chelsea - and fans had huge expectations.
The £40m arrival from Monaco was fresh off the back of a Ligue 1 title success and he was anticipated to slot straight into the line-up in a Blues side who themselves were toasting a Premier League title victory under Antonio Conte. The huge fee - then the second largest in Chelsea history behind the infamous £50m fee that it took for the Blues to sign Fernando Torres from Liverpool - certainly looked like a price worth paying.
Bakayoko had played a pivotal role in Monaco’s title tilt alongside the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Fabinho and Bernardo Silva; the principality club going against the odds to halt the monopoly of French giants Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile, he also made 14 appearances in the Champions League ahead of his switch to Chelsea as Monaco reached the semi-finals, with Juventus eventually managing to halt their run in the competition.
