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Chelsea: Meireles, Cuadrado and Tiago among notable one-season players

By Nate Hofmann

Chelsea's Raul Meireles (C) celebrates scoring against Benfica during their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match at Stamford Bridge in London on April 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea's Raul Meireles (C) celebrates scoring against Benfica during their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match at Stamford Bridge in London on April 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 24: Juan Cuadrado of Chelsea and Jermain Defoe of Sunderland compete for the ball during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on May 24, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

3. Juan Cuadrado, January – August 2015: 19 appearances, 1 assist

Once again, the joke is on us here.

After arriving from Fiorentina, Cuadrado ran around in a Chelsea shirt for around four and half hours total, and was duly rewarded with winner’s medals for both the 2014/15 Premier League and League Cup.

He was then loaned out to Juventus in August 2015, sparing him the anguish of that 2015/16 season while also raking in more silverware in Turin. He has since made that move permanent, and continues to be a valuable contributor to one of the best teams in Europe.

In that sense, his Chelsea career was a second-tier version of the Mohamed Salah and Kevin de Bruyne stories we know so well.

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