Ashley Cole

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Ash you legend !

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

19th of May seems like a day of announcements and disclosures. van Gaal announced. Luis Enrique returning to Barca as manager.Giggs retiring. Ash leaving us. Woooow.

[LAM09 6,686]

Looks like he has played his last game in a blues shirt. Great servant, and he will be truly missed.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/05/20/4829038/ashley-cole-staying-at-chelsea-is-not-an-option

[Pizy 18,323]

He's now removed "Chelsea and England footballer" from his bio.

Goodbye, Ash!

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I think it will be a mistake not extending for one more year, but oh well...what a legend. Thank you for all the moments Ash! Its been privilege to watch best full back of last 10 years in our club.

[The Mak 4,459]

To be totally honest, he could contribute a hell of a lot more than Lampard next season.

He'll be missed as soon as Azpi takes his rightful spot at RB or injuries/suspension take their toll, because...

[Amblève. 4,995]

Chelsea legend. He stood by his words till the end.

Thank you, Ash.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Ashley.

Being forced out of both England and Chelsea in just a couple of weeks must have done a number on him wow. Really wanted him to retire here next season.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Can't believe Lamps got a new deal while Ashley gets the boot.

[Nike 373]

Come to the United States.

Play football and party like a rockstar!

[DavidEU 2,023]

Truely one of the best players and athletes to ever wear our shirt.

Never thought I'd say this when he signed 8 years ago, but he leaves as blue as Frank, Didier, JT, Petr etc. I remember Drogba being interviewed on the pitch in Munich saying that belonging to this club means behaving in a certain way as a player and adopting an attitude and passion for the shirt. Those words sum up what this club did to Ashley over his time.

Legend, Ashley.

[Pizy 18,323]

Can't believe Lamps got a new deal while Ashley gets the boot.

Have to agree with this thought.

No way did Lamps earn a new contract after that last season. Not good enough anymore, whereas Ash still has another year in him.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Good bye, Cole. Chelsea legend. Wish you all the best for your future.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Can't believe Lamps got a new deal while Ashley gets the boot.

Do we know that for sure? He said he was weighing up options after all. Anyway I guess now isn't the time for such speculation.

[sdrcfc 461]

I can't describe how much I love this man, he's one of my greatest idols.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Thank you Ash.

It's a bizarre feeling in football when a player becomes one of your own. For a while after you left Arsenal you still felt like one of them. The first image you conjured would be red and white, but at some point you became a blue.

It's not often a club can say they had the best in the world but we absolutely did. You took far too much shit and maybe you cared too much about what other people thought, but you were the absolute best at what you chose to do.

Those tears got me today because I knew we were probably losing one of our own. Fuck me it's going to happen a few times in the next few years but no matter what, thousands of people will know they got to see one of the best ever.

So thanks. Hundreds of times I got to see you and I still probably won't realise how good I had it.

:blue scalf:

Said this a couple of weeks back and it applies ten fold having seen those Tweets. He's had A LOT happen in the last week or so and he has handled it with a level of class that shouldn't surprise anyone. An absolutely top block, a first-class servant to this club and a proper legend. Would be nice if fate could find a way to bring him back to the Bridge one more time, although he could do a lot worse than semi-retirement around the French Riviera.

[OneMoSalah 8,751]

Still has plenty to offer a club fighting for a PL title and Champions League trophy next season in terms of ability and experience. The fact hes leaving is on par with Hodgson not taking him to Brazil, fucking ridiculous decision.

If we don't renew Lampards contract (which I don't see why he would get a renewal if Ash won't) and possibly sell/loan Petr depending on what happens with Courtois before the start of next season, then we be in a very bad position in terms of experienced players. Giving JT a new contract was good but imagine losing both Ash and Lampard? As well as the talk of Cech going if he doesn't want to be number 2 to Thibaut? I feel we need to keep Cole as back up at least, I'm sure he could still play 20 plus games for us next year despite being a back up. Even Lamps tbh, although I think every player who plays in central midfield at this club if ahead of him in the pecking order. Possibly even players like Eto'o who have done it all.

[Madmax 9,219]

This is the one image that'll define his Chelsea career for me :

Go well, Ash.