Six strikers ruined by Chelsea from Andriy Shevchenko to PSV phenomenon

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Chelsea folklore, few heroes in west London tend to be strikers.Down the years, Blues fans have looked to the likes of Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard, John Terry and N'Golo Kante for inspiration, but reliable centre forwards have been few and far between.You see, Chelsea have a habit of 'breaking' strikers.Some of the very best goalscorers in Europe have been funnelled through the doors at Stamford Bridge in the past decade-and-a-half, but few have left with their reputations intact.The goals dry up, the confidence disappears and over the past few seasons, Chelsea's strikers have had about as much of a shelf life as their managers.Romelu Lukaku threatens to become the latest victim of the curse after stuttering through his first six months since arriving from Inter Milan as one of the world's most fearsome No 9s.Whether the Belgian can turn it around remains to be seen, but history isn't exactly on his side.With that in mind, here are six top strikers whose careers were ruined after joining Chelsea.We'll start with arguably the most famous of cases.

Fernando Torres put the fear of God into Premier League defenders at Liverpool and Chelsea made a serious statement by signing him for a club-record £50million in January 2011.While the Spaniard's form had noticeably dipped during his final few months at Anfield, no one could have predicated how much Torres would implode at Stamford Bridge.It took him until April to net his first goal for the club and a series of glaring misses haunted him for the next season-and-a-half.The move wasn't a total disaster - as Torres played a key part in the club's Champions League and Europa League triumphs in 2012 and 2013 - but his three-and-a-half year spell in London won't be remembered fondly..