Branislav Ivanovic

[BlueLyon 9,359]

We all complained how terrible he became, and slow. In every match thread there were dozen of posts he is getting awful and we were all left frustrated many times.

BUT looking now and in years to come, we will remember only the best from him, how he scored 2 against Pool in CL and brought us to next round, how he scored the 4th goal vs Napoli in extra time, how he scored the winner against Benfica, and a bunch of other memories we will never forget.

During his time here, he went from someone we almost sold to undisputed legend, someone who always gave everything, someone who in big games absolutely never gave up. And while he wasnt the most skilled of players, he was devastatingly efficient.

Proper old school lad. The fact that he is serbian, gives me even bigger connection, because after all we were all brothers once.

Its never easy to let these players who you watched for ages go, but the time has come.

Brana, srećno

[Special Juan 27,104]

Just landed in Saint Petersburg apparently.

[Melanicus 5,208]

Thank you for everything Brana! So many good memories & so many trophies. Proper Chelsea legend.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

[Heisenberg 1,824]

A servent of the club, CFC will always be his house and will always be welcomed, i'll miss him.

[King11Didier 916]

Ivanovic is a club legend! I don't believe real fans will remember him with bad, because he did a lot for this club, won a lot of trophies, was one of the main players for a really long time and had some important and big goals. He is a warrior and I'm glad he was part of our team. He gave his best every time when he was on the pitch and was playing always with heart. And when he came he was almost no body and I'm sure a lot of people were questioning this transfer, something like Azpi's transfer. But this big man fought for the team and now he will be always remembered as a true Blue.

Thank you for everything Brana! Big man with big blue heart!

[-Kaplan- 410]

Isnt there a banner of him in the stadium already? 

[LegenTerry 263]

Who will now be our players big man protector with Terry retireing and Ivanović on his way out...

 

I'm just kidding,we all know who 

[Leif 6,006]

11 minutes ago, LegenTerry said:

Who will now be our players big man protector with Terry retireing and Ivanović on his way out...

 

I'm just kidding,we all know who 

Kante will step up to the plate and headbutt any opposition player in the groin.

[LegenTerry 263]

31 minutes ago, Leif said:

Kante will step up to the plate and headbutt any opposition player in the groin.

 

I thought Pedro will be the one but Kante is ok too...

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,144]

Thank you Brana! Legend.

[BoyBlue96 990]

Don't really understand why we let him go. Could've been a good bench player. Especially after that horrendous Moses performance yesterday.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,776]

Has there been confirmation that his move to Zenit was completed before the cut-off, or is the Russian deadline today?

[nyikolajevics 2,435]

4 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Has there been confirmation that his move to Zenit was completed before the cut-off, or is the Russian deadline today?

The russian deadline is usually around 5-6th of February.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,776]

1 minute ago, nyikolajevics said:

The russian deadline is usually around 5-6th of February.

Ah, I see. Thank you.

[Jase 43,479]

Confirmed...

 

[BoyBlue96 990]

Already in the Ex-Blues section... :""(

 

Thanks for everything Iva and good luck. If we win the title this year I hope he visits us.