Its very sad to see Joe, Ballack leave they have both been a big part of the clubs success. Im sure there will be more departures players that most of us will all agree about. We have a strong leadership at the club and there will be some exciting signings this season Im sure. We have some great young players coming through now and I think we will be seeing allot of a certain young French player who will make a big mark in the Prem. Enjoy the world cup and look forward to seeing some new younger fresher talent at the Bridge. Out with the old, in with the new…..

i heard we bought Yossi Benayoun… on a 4 year deal.. the guy is 30 ….i hope not

I also want to wish Stoch and Beletti good luck although I couldn’t care less about either of them going, from what I saw of him I doubt Stoch will ever be anything more than someone who will play for Uefa cup/lower champions league level team and Belletti was ok but he was clearly a level below our other midfielders.

Still nothing too brutal has happened this sumer, so it should be a good one. By all accounts Joey is staying in London so his best option is Arsenal. I’m sort of relieved about this, he would have improved Man United alot. As long as he doesn’t go there I’m happy! Just do us that favour Joey!

Joey didnt have a great season, but it was far from a bad one and Ballack has had one of his most productive seasons in a Chelsea shirt yet. Literally, both players wanted too much money. For what Ballack gets paid, he isn’t fit enough of the time and Joe Cole knows he can take his performances up another notch yet.

It is always better to build on a team than to replace players. Belletti needed to go, fair enough, hes given decent service and is gettin on, he wants to finish his career somewhere meaningful to him. Ballack and Joey are off so we will save alot of money from wages. Players like Matic and kakuta will get pushed into the squad now hopefully. I think we should replace both players.

The new guy for ballack needs height, power, stamina, needs to be good at defending and able to contribute competently in attack. I like Tom Huddlestone and Daniele de Rossi but things probably won’t work out that way. Joey has ball control unlike many players, our next winger needs to be young with techinical ability. To be honest, there aren’t too many options. Dont get me wrong, there are alot of good, quick wingers with dazzling dribbling ability, but Joey is miles ahead of them. Replacing him will take seasons. I like Ashley Young and James Milner, players like Di Maria……not what we need just now. The winger needs to be strong and aggressive like malouda so that our play does not stop

schweinsteiger wouldnt be a bad purchase to play him as a central midfielder or on the right where joey would be, but I would much prefer someone who will put headers away and outpace opponents, anyway…..
Im sad to see Ballack and Joey leave but it is just a stepping stone in us moving foward and up

Sure,Ballack is not every fan favorite because he hasnt score many goals, but couldnt that be because he is unselfish and was happy to perform a more defensive duty while allowing Lampard to rush forward and score more goals?

I think I’ve read somewhere that Ballack was even willing to take another pay cut and base is monetary reward on apearences,if thats the case then the board is throwing away a good oportunity to set an example as next 2 years many veterans will be at the end of their contracts.

Plus,the player obviously still wants to impress to have a shot at the next European Cup so he wont end his international career because of an injury .

The reason why Chelsea threw away this opportunity can only be traced back to Roman.

I could be wrong but I think Ballack will be sorely missed next year considering he offered very good value for the money…