Mo Salah's £39million move from Roma to Liverpool has confirmed the Egyptian winger as the latest Chelsea reject to go on to thrive elsewhere.
The Premier League champions sold Salah for £16m in 2015 after he failed to cut the mustard in his brief English top-flight cameo, only to see him shine in Serie A.
But Salah is far from the first to follow a path to success elsewhere after struggling at Chelsea.
Here, Sportsmail looks at 10 men who have proved themselves following their Stamford Bridge failings.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool - latest transfer fee: £39m)
Chelsea record: Appearances 19, Goals 2
Chelsea signed Salah from Basle for £11m in January 2014 but he lasted a little over a year before being shunted out to Fiorentina on loan.