AS Roma hope to strengthen ties with Chelsea after their deal for Ashley Cole.

The Giallorossi are now under American ownership and significantly now tweet all club announcements in English, along with Italian.

Roma were quick to pay tribute to Chelsea upon their deal for Cole, the first English player to sign for the capital club, being closed last night:

Thanks, @chelseafc. We hope that @TheRealAC3 can play his part - just as he did in London - in taking Roma to the top pic.twitter.com/IGlRhzZVwJ — AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) July 8, 2014

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