Chelsea!!!! Keep Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole!!!

I just started a petition on my one and only Blues. Please sign it, show your support for the Blues!
It was one thing to lose Robbie, but is is quite another to lose both Lamps and Cole at the same time!!!

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