Chelsea and England Left back Ashley Cole was touted to leave the Blues after he was only offered a one year contract by club owner Roman Abramovich. PSG and former Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti showed interest to snap up the defender before finally Cole rubbished of the rumors and continued his stay at the Bridge.
The England defender is in the final year of his Chelsea contract and with Roman Abramovich’s new policy of not giving players aged more than 30 a contract worth more than 1 year, Cole would want to move out rather than extending his stay for only one year.
And to add worries for the Blues supporters, the French club had reveled that they have signed Ashley Cole on Twitter only to delete it after few hours.
A picture of PSG’s official twitter account
The post on the club’s official Twitter feed read: “Angleterre Ashley Cole arrière gauche sera un joueur Rouge et Bleu cet ête”.
Translated into English, this says: “England left-back Ashley Cole will become a Red and Blue player this summer.”
So why have PSG come up with such a announcement well and truly before securing the Englishman’s signature ? It could be a mind game that the French club could employ to secure their target who is well and truly unsettled in London. There were several posters out at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea played Manchester City in the goal less draw last night which said “don leave Cole”. The fans are have noted the situation with the player and wants their left back to stay at Chelsea.
When asked about this issues to new manager Rafa Benitez, he said:
I did not expect Cole, and Frank Lampard, to remain at the club in the long term and when asked if the pair were likely to leave soon he said: “I think so.
“I don’t have all the information and it’s not fair to tell me I’m only here for seven months and then expect me to have an influence at the club over the next two or three years, but I think that’s the case at the moment.”