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Reigning English Premier League champions Chelsea announced today that they will not re-sign German star Michael Ballack and English international Joe Cole.  Ballack is a huge surprise to be let go, but Cole was rarely seeing the pitch recently for Chelsea.

Ballack has been in England for the past four seasons and was a huge part of Chelsea’s success this year.  Ballack will have numerous offers from big European clubs in the next few weeks.  We will see if he chooses to go back to Germany or take an offer from another English club.  He is also linked to Real Madrid and a few teams in Italy.

Cole has been with Chelsea for the last seven years.  He has been fighting off numerous injuries the past few years.  When healthy, Cole can still be extremely dangerous on the flank.  Cole will also find a new club with ease as he’s already been linked with Arsenal and Tottenham of the Premier League.