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Chelsea have ended a long-running saga by signing England defender Ashley Cole from Arsenal in exchange for £5m and defender William Gallas.

The deal was completed just before the transfer deadline, with Cole, who was with the England squad in a Manchester hotel, having his medical nearby.

Cole is believed to have signed a five-year deal worth £90,000 per week.

Chelsea had been linked with Cole, 25, all summer, but disagreements over the transfer fee stalled the move.

A joint statement from the clubs said: "Chelsea FC and Arsenal have agreed terms for the transfers of Ashley Cole and William Gallas.

"Chelsea will also pay Arsenal £5m. Both players have agreed personal terms and passed their respective medicals."

£5m seems a relative bargain, although Gallas is pretty darned good. £90k a month for the next five years?! That's around £20m, niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

Well that's a shock. Who'd have thought Chelsea would be interested in Cole? Just come out of nowhere just like the Tevez deal.

It was gonna happen but they left it late, by about a season.

Gallas is a great player, Arsenal have done ok out of it.  No point in keeping players if they don't want to be there.

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arsenal have got the best out of the deal imo.gallas will be a more important player to them than cole.on another note i see they have done a great deal with baptista

Wayne Bridge must be well pissed off

arsenal should of got him instead of the 5 million

After all those valuations by Arsenal they got £5million + a player they could have got for free in 2007.

I would have asked for Bridge aswell.

in all fairness chelsea could of got cole on a free then aswell

So Chelsea have lost Huth and Gallas then. Does that leave them short of cover in central defense?

Very true.... I would love him to flop there - only because it was one of the most boring transfer sagas in history!

be prepared for it to happen again in about 3 years when he wants to go to barca or madrid

Gallas is a good player, I'd say better than Cole so Arsenal have done alright out of it..

Cashley Cole is CUNT no in fact he's A FUCKING CUNT no I don't think thats right either he is a MOTHER FUCKING CUNT OF WHORE no still not there he's A MOTHER FUCKING CUNT OF A WHORE WHO HAD VD AND PLAYED FOR THE SCUM AND TOOK IT UP THE BUM JUST FOR FUN, CUNT!  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:  :fu:

Wayne Bridge must be mighty peeved. He was angling for a move out but while Cole hadn't officially signed he wasn't going to be allowed to. Now he's stuck until at least Christmas.

5 Mill? i suppose Arsenal got Gallas as well but the fee was talked about at 20 mill im shocked at that

Yeah do the Arse really rate Gallas at £15m?  That surprises me.

exactly Jan. probably rushed the deal i reckon. Chelsea won't care that a bargain for them

In all seriousness £5m is good value, Gallas is good but he's 29.

totally agree with that. Arsenal have a good deal there.

I'm glad to see Ashely Cole going to chelsea. They are a much better all round team than Arsenal and it will be a challenge for him to take his game up that gear to the class above, which can only be good for England.

isn't that scarily close to being a proper football comment ben?

It was more a fishing for a reaction comment to be honest :)

then our plan worked beautifully  8)