Shevchenko: World class or past it?

So far this season Shevchenkos been average. Average is not a word I would normally consider applying to such a player but he really hasn't done anything world class like I would see week in week out for AC Milan in Serie A and the champions league.

It could be that he is finding it hard to adjust to the premiership and this may take time. Another reason could be that he doesn't suit Chelsea's style of football but then again they do play quite defensively like AC Milan.

Another possibility is that he is getting on a bit. He is now 30 years old, but some players have hit there peak at this age.

Shevchenko may turn out to be one of the foreign flops of the premiership and join a long list of foreign players such as Veron, Forlan, Mutu, Kleberson, Luque, Kezman, and Kluivert. All these players were supposedly some of the worlds best but failed to produce in the premiership.

Only time will tell whether Shevchenko is still the player he was, it could just be the style of play in the premiership all a huge amount of other factors. I hope that for shevchenko's sake he can show the premiership the player deep down we know he is.