DONI. 1,291 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Football will miss this player Michael Ballack retires from footballhttp://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2012/10/2/3443406/michael-ballack-retires-from-football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Tom Adams @tomEurosport Michael Ballack announces his retirement from professional football at the age of 36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Time to lock this thread then since he has announced his retirement. Any tributes etc that you would like to post, you can do so in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,494 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 #Respect to Michael Ballack. Real Class Act Still have his 07-08 season jersey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 top professional, top personality.. one of my favourite players of all time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I feel like crying Best of luck to the best of midfielders, hope to see him at Chelsea again in some coaching position. nachikethas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 He'll never be forgotten, scored some really important goals for us, especially those two goals against United in 2008. Legend. nachikethas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Legend Rambo, nachikethas and zolayes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachikethas 1,154 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 :cry: :cry: :cry: plss plsss plss come back to chelsea as an assiastant coach. i swear i will come to london to see him and chelsea play......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 :cry: :cry: :cry: Danke Ballack! :blue scalf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 His best game in the Chelsea shirt Azpinator and NiclasCFC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Football legend.All the best, Michael! It was a joy to watch you playing this beautiful game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit 3,176 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 NiclasCFC and CHOULO19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 He did well in his time at Chelsea though I expected him to do better and make a bigger impact on the team. Though the fact he couldn't play in his most natural role because of Lampard's presence played a part in that. But he did do extremely well in the second half of 09/10 as our anchor man and played a crucial role in winning the Double so at least he went out with a bang.His attitude, leadership and professionalism were highly admirable and that's what I miss the most when thinking about his time here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyflashman 187 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Oh man he was fantastic!! You're welcome back any time Michael! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Legend a title often given too easily but not in this case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Good luck Michael. He was one of my favorite players as well.I bet he feels like he has "unfinished" business. Won't be surprised to see him get into managing fairly soon.I can't believe he never won a Champions League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 what a player. a true legend. take a bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 All the best in your future Ballack! :blue scalf:And as Kieran pointed out, it's a shame that he has never won the Champions League! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The absolute model professional in my opinion. He never complained about always playing second-fiddle to Lampard in the attacking midfield position and always put in a great shift no matter where he played in midfield. Its a shame that his career with us ended with that injury in the FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and that he always seemed to be the nearly man for major honours even though he was such a fantastic player. Still, he might rectify that if he goes into management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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