Tearful Ashley Cole unsure of Chelsea future after Norwich draw

Ashley Cole broke down in tears as he, Frank Lampard and John Terry saluted the arena during the Chelsea players' end-of-season lap of appreciation, and José Mourinho confirmed the club intend to take stock over the next few weeks before determining whether the experienced trio are to prolong their careers at Stamford Bridge.
Talks have been continuing with the representatives of the England men, who have 1,609 appearances for Chelsea between them but are out of contract on 1 July, over new one-year deals. Yet while Terry and Lampard are expected to stay, albeit on reduced terms, Cole's future appears less certain, with the 33-year-old having started only 14 Premier League games this season after losing his place to César Azpilicueta. There is interest, too, in
signing the Atlético Madrid full-back Filipe Luis.
Cole started the goalless draw against Norwich City, a result that effectively wrecked Chelsea's lingering hopes of regaining the title while also seriously damaging the visitors' chances of remaining in the division. Afterwards the left-back, Lampard and Terry peeled away from the squad to applaud the home support in the Matthew Harding stand, with their emotion clear. "Again, they are with the club on their future," said Mourinho, who has stated the case for the three to be retained. "I think they will play here [for Chelsea] again. I think so.
"But now it's time to wait a little. The summer is a long summer for us. For you, the media, with the World Cup, it's a different story. For the players involved in the World Cup it's a different story. But for us, as a club, it's a long time to be calm and to sit and to discuss and to analyse options and the market and possibilities. It's a long summer for us."
Mourinho described his side's first-half showing as "lazy, slow, no pressure, never pressing an opponent" as they endured a third successive home game without a win, a display he suggested was largely due to a sense of deflation following their midweek elimination from the Champions League to Atlético Madrid.
"When you lose a semi-final and you know that you are not realistically in the title race, too, the mental energy disappears, the focus disappears, and you start thinking more about 'what next' than what you have to do now," he said. "That was reflected in the first half. We did enough to win after that, but we didn't."