CHELSEA used former star and Champions League-winning manager Roberto Di Matteo to help model TWO new retro shirts.
Supporters joked “Todd Boehly is trying to make us homeless” as the gorgeous jerseys were released this week.
Christopher Nkunku and Mykhailo Mudryk led the way as they posed in black and white jerseys paying tribute to Chelsea’s success in 1998 under the legendary Gianluca Vialli.
The Italian replaced Ruud Gullit as player-manager in February that year before winning the League Cup a month later.
Vialli followed that up with success in the Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup in May.
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And in August, Chelsea beat Real Madrid to land the Uefa Super Cup.
The Blues wore their famous Autoglass top back then, which featured the controversial modernised badge which was eventually ditched by Roman Abramovich in 2005.
Fans immediately fell in love with the reissued jersey as Nkunku and Mudryk tried their hands at modelling.
But it was the inclusion of Di Matteo, who scored in the 2-0 League Cup final win over Middlesbrough, which really excited them.
As well as the other two trophies in 1998, he also won two FA Cups and a Charity Shield in five seasons as a Chelsea player.
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Di Matteo then returned as manager in 2012 before leading the Blues to FA Cup and maiden Champions League glory.
He was sacked later that year after Chelsea became the first defending European champions to be eliminated at the group stage.
And Di Matteo was controversially replaced by Liverpool hero Rafa Benitez, leading to great discontent at Stamford Bridge.
Fans were therefore delighted to see him included in the photoshoot for the new jerseys.
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However, with the black and white shirts costing £50 each on Chelsea’s Megastore, supporters also joked that Blues chief Boehly was “trying to make us homeless.”
One said: “This club never forgets legends… good to see you Di Matteo.”
Another declared: “Should have made it next season’s kits.”
One noted: “Thank you legendary coach for that Champions League glory, we will never forget.”
Another boomed: “No way ya’ll slipped Di Matteo in there like that.”
One added: “Boehly is trying to make Chelsea fans homeless at this point.”
