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From a Premier League winning wing-back to an outcast, Victor Moses leaves Chelsea after a brief moment of impact

It was Sunday, May 21, 2017. Stamford Bridge was confetti-packed with bottles of champagne cork popping in galore. It was a dreamlike moment happening in real time and for Victor Moses, it looked even more surreal. 

Victor Moses made 33 appearances to help Chelsea win the Premier League in the 2016/2016 season. (Getty Images)

Victor Moses made 33 appearances to help Chelsea win the Premier League in the 2016/2016 season. (Getty Images)

Just a year before that fateful day, he had just finished an underwhelming season at West Ham with his club career in limbo. But a year later and after an unexpected turn of events, Moses was in the celebratory mood at Stamford Bridge with a Premier League medal around his neck. 

Chelsea had just rounded up their season with a 5-1 thumping of Sunderland and finally got their hands on the Premier League trophy which they had been guaranteed two weeks earlier. For the Nigerian, a season that started with uncertainties, ended with one of the greatest moments of his career. 

Victor Moses spent the 2015/2016 season with West Ham (Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United via Getty Images)

Victor Moses spent the 2015/2016 season with West Ham (Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United via Getty Images)

Moses joined Chelsea in the summer of 2012 after he impressed at Wigan and spent that season helping them to a Europa League title. But with the return of Jose Mourinho, the Nigerian was discarded.

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