Ashley Cole reject new Chelsea contract?

It been reported that Ashley Cole has rejected a new one year deal from Chelsea as he has only been offered a 1 year deal and he is looking for longer length deal after previously stating he wants to finish his career at the club.

For me Chelsea should really be giving him what he wants and getting the deal over an done with before he can be offered deals from other clubs in January. He is undoubtedly the best left back in the world and has been so for many years now so if we let him go I think it unlikely that we would find anyone close to his level for any price that would make letting him leave for free make any sense.

However the problem that Chelsea seem to be facing is that Roman Abramovich has a policy where he doesn't give players over the age of 30 any deals which exceed 1 year in length which is pretty much the reason we ended up seeing Didier Drogba jet off to China this summer even though he was the main reason we won both of the competitions we did last season.

I get that once you get to a certain age your physical attributes tend to diminish however I think the length of contracts should be judged upon the players ability and fitness as when you see players like Ryan Giggs and Scholes still playing at the highest level right into their late 40s it shows that if you are good enough your age shouldn't matter. Obviously I get that not everyone can be put into their bracket but I think that Ashley Cole is definitely someone that can be and if Chelsea are to let him slip away over the length of a contract I think it would be terrible mistake on their part. Hopefully sense prevail and we see Ashley Cole sign a new deal with Chelsea soon.

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