Chelsea hopes that Blitz will hit twice if they use another Dutch defender from Ajax.
Talksport understands that the blues are in a potential transmission of £ 40 million shortly before an agreement to sign Jorrel Hato.
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Should Hato move to Stamford Bridge as expected, he would be the first defender to have exchanged Amsterdam since Mario Melchiot in 1999 against West London.
Melchiot decided to sign a new deal in Ajax to join Chelsea during a free transmission.
As with Hato, Melchiot was able to act either as a full -back or as a central defender.
The retired 22-cap Niederland national player, who won the Eredivisie and two KNVB trophies in Ajax in his first season in Chelsea.
He began at the FA Cup 2000 final victory against Aston Villa, before opening his account in the Commercial Organization Shield three months later in the 2-0 victory against Manchester United.
After two years in England, he finally scored his first top goal in December 2001 to create the history of the Premier League for the blues.
It was once again united that Melchiot found the back of the network – with a ball headball after the end of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainks corner in the sixth minute.
Then he kept the Red Devils in chess for the rest of the game, whereby Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen add to Chelsea’s balance in the second half.
Chelsea’s 3-0 victory was the club’s greatest victory against United in the Theater der Dreams in the History of the Premier League.
It was also her first victory at United in five years – and the first division since 1995.
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And it was also her biggest victory in Old Trafford since her 4-0 break from United in 33 years.
To date, the 3-0 victory in 2001 remains its greatest victory of the Premier League at United.
In total, Melchiot achieved five goals and 11 templates in 165 appearances in all competitions during his five -year magic before he came to Birmingham in 2004.
While he stayed a cult hero among the fans, Melchiot thought that his Chelsea career was over before she even started.
Melchiot broke his foot twice before even kicking a ball for the club, with the player had to wait until April 2000 to make his debut.
Melchiot remembered his arrival at the Stamford Bridge and said to Ladbrokes Fanzone: “When I signed Chelsea, I was of course very happy and it was a very proud and special moment for me.
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“But I broke my foot twice in one season. Before I even kicked a ball for the team, I thought my football career was ready.
“As a little boy, you know when you come to England, you are so excited to move to a new country, to sign for a large club and prepare for the new challenge.
“But then they are excluded from an injury and this feeling is simply completely adopted by sadness.
“I broke it once and then a few months later I broke it again. So I sat there and just thought I didn’t even play football for this club and broke my foot twice. ‘
“So you can imagine when I finally recovered and for the first time I went to this field against Middlesbrough on the Stamford Bridge … Oh my god. It was the best moment of my life.
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“I don’t want to say that it was a life -saving moment, but it was something like that because I was so desperate to play football again, and I had moments when I thought my career had been taken away.
“Finally I could live my dream again. That was the proudest moment for me in a Chelsea shirt.”