After failing to establish him self after two seasons, Chelsea quietly ushered out Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz to Bundesliga side Stuttgart for half the price it paid for him, 4 Million Euro.

Boulahrouz’s hyped move to Chelsea in 2006 saw him being Jose Mourinho’s third option at centerback, along with John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho, and a second option at either left back or right back.  Ultimately the 26 year old saw action in just 13 matches before being sent out on loan for the 2007/08 seaon to Sevilla, where he only played in 6 games for the La Liga side in the run up to the 2008 Euro’s.

Boulahrouz impressed throughout the Euro’s with Holland (26 Full Team Caps), despite the loss of he and his wife’s prematurely born daughter just before the Oranje’s match against the Russians.

Die Roten finished in 6th place for the 2007/08 Bundesliga campaign.