Ash back for Spurs

[millzy_chelsea_fan 4]

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole will make his comeback on the bench against Tottenham on Saturday.

The England left-back has been out since early February with a fractured ankle which threatened to dent his World Cup hopes.

He appears to have made a full recovery, though, and will be in the squad to face Spurs at White Hart Lane.

Cole will likely be among the substitutes in a bid to nurse him back in to his role with the Blues.

The attacking full-back hasn't played any comeback matches yet and will not want to risk any further setbacks.

"Ashley has not played but he is very fit and trained all week with us," said Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti.

"He will be on the bench on Saturday."

[Niles 0]

Good news? More like great news!

[Randall 315]

Thank god! Now we can play yuri as a winger and malouda on the right yes yes! trust me on this one. Ivanovic apparently back as well perhaps, SEE YA ferreria!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Ferreira's been brilliant recently.

Glad he's back though. Yuri's done exceptionally well but Cole is the world's best full-back, and we've missed him massively.

[Chelseasgirl 1]

Its great news! Definatly be welcomed back.

[Kez 2,727]

Brilliant news!

[Ollie 4,400]

It's phenomenal news, i would love to see Yuri put in the middle along side Lamps and Mikel (Essien when he's fit) with Ash back at LB and then we'll be a much more pacey and effective team in the final third (if we don't buy that playmaker we so need).

[Term-X 7,891]

great news!

and hopefully essien will be back soon

[caesarblues 51]

welcome back ash:wave:

[Niles 0]

great news!

and hopefully essien will be back soon

I've heard that Essien will be back the 25th of this month.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Such a shame for Yuri though, there will be obvious pressure from the media and other sources to phase the excellent Zhirkov for A.Cole just because of the world cup.

[Randall 315]

Yuri is a really, really good winger as well you know. I think play him left wing and malouda right, I fancy malouda to cut in and smash a few.