Zenden 01-03 (h)

Bolo Zenden is another player from the Middlesbrough League Cup winners pack that I've repainted, with Mark Schwarzer being the other. I misjudged the size of the name and number of the back of the shirt, but other than that I'm pleased with this one.

Zenden's time at Chelsea didn't really work out as he was often injured, but I recall he did manage to score a good goal at home to Man Utd at the start of his second season with us. He was loaned out to Middlesbrough the following season before joining permanently a year later.

By the middle of the 2000s Zenden was a squad member of the Liverpool side we were seemingly constantly battling in cup competitions. He obviously struck up a good relationship with his manager, Rafa Benitez, as by the 2012-13 season he ended up back at Chelsea as assistant to Benitez whilst the Spaniard took on a fractious few months as "interim" manager.