Ashley Cole

[iseah100 5,612]

Roy is crazy to not pick Cole, but he picks Lambert?

And Carrol!!!!

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Ashley Cole is believed to have been asked if he would consider being named on the standby list but declined the offer (Telegraph) #CFC

[bushman 2,043]

Of course Cole must decline the standby list. Fuck Roy now. I feel sad for Cole now. This player has been the best LB in England for years. This season Jose comes around demotes him to the bench, plays sporadically & now Roy tells him to take a hike.

Funny that some of you even think Cole might even sign for Chelsea for fucking half salary. Lol.

[Jase 43,479]

Ashley Cole: England's most consistent player over the last 10 years and a man who never let his country down

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Paolo Maldini 'doesn't understand' why England have left Ashley Cole out of their World Cup squad

Maldini said:

‘Ashley Cole is one of the great left backs of all time - and I have seen nothing to suggest that he is still not one of the best in the world.

‘The coach must make his own decisions - but he would have been one of the first players I would have picked. Not only for his big game experience - but for the way he performs in the big games. How many times have we seen him keep the best attacking players in the world quiet in the big games - he is a player that rises to the occasion.'

‘It is important to have youth in the side of course - but not to take one of the players who is still maybe the best in his position in the world - I just don't understand.’

Legends notice legends.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Because Roy is a ****** he should have begged Cole and Terry to play. Has he seen how poor both Rooney and Welbeck have been this season. Ah well the inevitable of the manager getting sacked after the tournament maybe the next guy will have the sense to beg Cole and Terry to come back.

[iseah100 5,612]

England will be missing their 2 best defenders . Retired.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He's gone!

[Pizy 18,856]

Just saw his tweet. Will always love him.

Ricardo Rodriguez or Luke Shaw hijack COMMENCE!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

What a LEGEND!!!! Can't ask for anything more from him he represented club and country at a world class level. I really hoped Chelsea would've cultured another LB under his tutelage. Bertrand, Van Aanholt, Shaw... One of them needed to get something from him, don't feel we've taken full advantage of the situation we had here.

[Barbara 15,149]

easily predictable we wouldn't give him a new contract, but such nice words from Ash.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

One of my favourite ever CFC players. Wow, I actually thought he was going to stay for at least on more season, but I can't blame him for leaving now. When he first came in from Arsenal, I looked at him as a bit of a mercenary just here to do a job and get paid but over the years my opinion of him has changed drastically. The media (they do choose their victims, don't they?) loved to portray him as THE bad guy who dumped Cheryl, but instead I look at him as some Antihero, like Batman or even Michael Corleone. He was never the moral, upright, goody two-shoes professional others like Gerrard and Beckham pretended to be. Ash was just Ash. What you saw was what you got.

As for his footballing ability, it was never in question. His many tussles with Ronaldo, even from his Arsenal days was stuff of legend. Which other full-back could completely neutralize the threat of the Portuguese, so much so that Ferguson played him permanently on a different wing in the CL final 08' to avoid crossing paths with Cole? His England career was brilliant. Him being England's best and most consistent performer for the best part of a decade. A fullback earning 107 caps for his country....no mean feat.

This season hasn't been his best, admittedly. The rib injury didn't help matters, but he's still shown his class when it mattered most. I remember how he utterly shut out Robben in the Super Cup at the start of the season. That was mightily impressive to completely neutralize one of the best wingers in the world in such a manner. I still think he was treated fairly harshly by Jose. I never for a second thought he was "done", not as quick as before yes, but still more than good enough to be our starting LB. Azpilicueta should have been our RB this season not Ivanovic. But that's all in the past now.

Proper CFC legend. The god of the "goal-line interception".

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Ash you legend !

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

19th of May seems like a day of announcements and disclosures. van Gaal announced. Luis Enrique returning to Barca as manager.Giggs retiring. Ash leaving us. Woooow.

[LAM09 7,043]

Looks like he has played his last game in a blues shirt. Great servant, and he will be truly missed.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/05/20/4829038/ashley-cole-staying-at-chelsea-is-not-an-option