Deserves more respect for what he's achieved , 107 caps 3 fa cups at arsenal, 2 league titles including being in the invincible team that went undefeated all of the league season. Another prem title and 4 more fa cup wins at Chelsea, the Champions League . Pfa team of the year four times Uefa team of the year twice Premier league hall of fame. Got to sleep with Cheryl Cole. Lad didn't do badly for himself at all
I'd agree with that. Had a season ticket with my dad in the East stand. The left side of Arsenal was phenomenal at that time - Cole - Petit - Pires - Henry - truly world class!
What a legend. He articulates himself brilliantly and shows great humility. A true champion, rising from the Morville cages of east london to becoming the best in the world. Hope he gets an opportunity to manage one day. Well done Ash
Lot of rewriting history when it is all documented. Both Cole & the club were to blame. Arsenal had no money after building the Emirates. They were cutting corners with Wenger covering for them. .Wenger wanted to pay Cole but board pulled carpet away. Cole unwise to publicly talk of almost crashing his car when offered 'only £60k per week, good money 20 years ago. Especially to fans earning a fraction of that. Gave impression he was tone deaf. Cole & his agent were foolish to publicly meet Mourinho in hotel foyer, while still contracted to Arsenal. Neither side came out looking good. But it's done.
Oh this is lovely... great chat great memories. So gutted at the time when Ash left. He was one of ours. All this water under the bridge, I can look back and appreciate. Thanks Ash ❤
Ashley/Arsenal & Sol/Tottenham shows what football means to the fans,as Bill Shankley said "The most important relationship at a football club is not between the manager & chairman, but the players and the fans".
Media in our country absolutely battered Cole for all sorts of shite throughout his life and that brought people that didn’t even know about football to dislike him.
He stated his worth and there’s nothing wrong with that!!! When on the pitch he was class…..whatever team he played for, yes he made mistakes but as any human would , can’t hate him for that! As a servant of the game he was solid !!! I spent time with him out of the pitch and he was a good respectful human to his surroundings outside the game, he treated me with respect and my family with kindness. A lot of players I’ve worked with in my time being in the hospitality industry I mention no names were dicks , Ashley was NOT one of them!
@@AIJimmybad Na Ash leaving was the worst for me personally. He was one of my fav players, and came through the academy. To me it's like if Trent went to Manchester United. The timing in which he left, felt more impactful than the others as well, and I hate Chelsea the most out of any club.
@@AIJimmybad Overmars was only with us for a season and a bit , Merson was old and suffering from alcoholism - this transfer hurt bad because it was to Chelsea when we were had historically been better than them. Van Persie, Vieria and Henry also hurt more than the ones you mentioned. Brady was before my time :)
Wished we were here calling him an Arsenal legend, especially because it’s a position we’ve struggled with since, but oh well. Certainly a Chelsea legend and the best LB the prem has ever seen.
@BeforeThisNovember In your dreams is he lol Irwin not only won more trophies he could actually use both feet score & assist with both feet, good defender and even Evra you could tell was better as they were the same age and Evra had a way better career and better individual performance even in such games like ChampionsLeague 2008 final compared to Cole, he got in more team of the year's than Cole in the time he was at the PL(and dominating it). Cole would've gone his last 10 PL seasons in a row without a single PL title for Arsenal/Chelsea 2004/05 to 2013/14 if the officials didn't give Chelsea 2009/10 because they didn't want same winner more than 3 times in a row pre-VAR they could stop it hence being allowed to have officials turn both ManUtd games into wins for Chelsea when they should've been losses, not to mention getting help against many other teams and even that wasn't enough they needed even more help and just to confirm how fixed it was StevenGerrard deliberate backpass to Drogba in Liverpool's last home game of the season vs Chelsea because it happened to be the first year ManUtd could overtake Liverpool on league title's. If ManUtd had half the help Chelsea got that season they break a PL points margin record. Evra got to more CL finals (even getting there with Monaco same year Cashley so called invincibles couldn't make it past Quarter-finals yet again). Evra continued to win when he & Cole left the PL for SeriaA at the same age. Why did Juventus want Evra not Cole?? Cole won nothing with Roma, he also won nothing with the most famous MLS team out there (Unlike Beckham) and Cole never got past Quarter-finals of a major tournament for England and Evra got to a final with not a very good France team at all. The list goes on...I'm sure Cashley scored less too, can't even talk about Cole being in a more defensive team because ManUtd with Evra broke defensive records that still stand today and Cole wasn't at Chelsea when they were getting defensive records. You're clearly anti-ManUtd & English to be in denial about the other players who simply were better....geez Cole was 0-5 down in a ChampionsLeague half for Roma which got him subbed off 😂 (finished 1-7). You're only embarrassing England by saying he was the best let alone the PL by saying he was the best in the PL. And you didn't even pick a smart man who can articulate like a normal adult and actually string a sentence together properly (then again that's the typical Arsenal fanbase). Plus his behaviour has been very questionable, then again that's a very Arsenal & Chelsea thing so he suited both clubs. Also good result 12 vs 10 in the FAcup 3rd round 😁
Favourite Ashley Cole moment in an Arsenal shirt. We are going out of the Champions League Ashely makes a last-minute diving header to score and get us through to the next round….
As a arsenal fan I needed to hear his side of the story cause I never forgive him for what I thought he done.. Thank you Ashley for what you done for Arsenal I needed to hear this.
At the time, i was saying Arsenal should pay him the money. Before he went to Chelsea, he was in the top 3 LB in the world...Arsenal must have regretted not paying him.
Great player. Best LB of his generation. I was a huge fan before the hotel incident. The club might have disrespected Cole, but Cole disrespected the fans too, by going behind the club's back and meeting with Mourinho and Chelsea representatives. Should've done things properly and handled the situation much better.
I disagree. Fans are ruled by emotion. they get salty for no reason. Like the way they got salty about Van Persie leaving to win a big trophy. Or like salty at Fabregas for joining Chelsea yet Wenger had stated he didn’t need him coz he had Ozil. You can’t reason with fans. Best for a player to focus on what’s good for them. fans aren’t loyal. And neither are clubs. Look at Liv fans being angry at possibility of Trent going to Madrid. Yet it’s the club that delayed renewing his contract. I support players to make decision for their own benefit first.
@cybertroy2 I do agree to a certain extent. Clubs are only loyal to players who perform. It is a business, after all. However, with Van Persie, he was always on the treatment table. Wenger not only extended his contract but even increased his wages. He only had one season, which he was healthy. The next he buggered off. He even said we'll come back and do better next seaon. Shouldn't make empty promises to begin with, and the crap about he had to listen to the little boy inside. He did it so openly to force a move. Arsenal and Wenger had no option to do anything. If he was being honest and just said, his career is coming towards the end, and it's his last chance to win anything major, we would've understood. Henry did. And none of us are salty. With Fabregas, he was the captain, and he refused to play to force his move to Barc. He was flirting with Barc on the pitch. We wouldn't have lost if he wasn't showing off and made a stupid back heel past in our own box. He was a great player, but he betrayed Wenger.
Whatever happened that doesn't give the fans the right to disrespect players like that, if they want to move let them go yes he might of left for the money but still how many people leave their jobs for more money, being a footballer is not a long career
@@nungiceman they saw a club that was going nowhere while they pay off the new stadium. We lost several players including Adebayor, Nasri, Flamini, Hleb and Sagna. All whom we weren’t ready to let go off yet when they left. All who won big trophies elsewhere while we are still here trying to get the first one since 2004. However they left or their reasons, they didn’t want to play for us no more. Of course Persie should say he’ll come back strong following season. Until the deal to join United is completed, that’s what he should say as he was still an Arsenal player at the time. Deals are not guaranteed until signed.
Was on £50k a week. Arsenal offered a £90k pw deal. Chelsea doubled that and offered him £180pw. After the Invincibles he joined Chelsea to become a PL legend. I would have done the same.
Your figures are all wrong. He was offered 55K. I believe it was more than double what he was previously on. Chelsea did offer him double Arsenal's offer. Arsenal were in the middle of their financial squeeze following the loans to build the new stadium and had to make savings. It was undoubtedly mismanaged but still, joining a local rival is a strict no-no. If you have no moral code I guess you would make that decision. Perhaps you would have made the decision to cheat on your wife NUMEROUS times too? I mean, why not, if it's all about YOU getting what YOU want? That's all that matters isn't it? Guy's a scumbag.
As an Arsenal fan nothing other to say rather than just disappointing how things played out between the club and the player. Oh well hopefully it is a lesson for all
he is the only English player to play in the PL that I dont think any foreigner was better than him in his position. Saw him later at Roma. Couldnt believe how great he was there, in his 30s
Reminds me of when Torres left Liverpool for Chelsea, honestly didn't hold a grudge and still don't to this day, no Liverpool fans do as you can see by the reaction to him at Liverpool legend matches. The owners let him down by choosing to not spend and compete, we all know Torres would have spent his whole career at Liverpool if the owners did not let him down, he loves us and we love him.
@@mikem8211 yeah that's true, but I mean on Torres' behalf I can't fault him for joining a rival because I know he would have rather stayed at Liverpool
@@restlesscow2137 I understand, I mean on the players behalf, Cole had to put his career first, Chelsea were on the up, Arsenal were on a downwards spiral
Started supporting Arsenal around 2004 and I still remember playing Ashley Cole as LW in Championship Manager, just because he has so much qualities as an attacker, surprise Wenger didn't notice that! 😂
To be fair i was terribly hurt and angry when he left. When i heard David Dein say i wants to see Ashley to apologise to him personally by the way they treated him, i lost all respect for Dein for over twenty years i was booing and calling him all sort of names for leaving us. They screwed him and we blamed him for getting screwed
A sound lad? He's a serial cheat. Cheated on his wife NUMEROUS times - which he admitted in the divorce proceedings. Cheated on his boyhood club - he was found guilty of talking to another club whilst in contract and fined by the FA. Sound lad? Really? Your moral code's a bit wonky.
A lot of football casuals in the chat saying Roberto Carlos was better than Ashley Cole. Other than the occasional worldy Le Tournoi free kick or impossible angle goal, Carlos was in no way a better defender than Cole.
As an Arsenal fan, it really hurt as the time, hate Ashley with a passion, but as the years have gone on I feel the club did him dirty and he had every right to do what he did! One thing that has never change is my opinion that he is the best LB to ever play in the premier league
As an Arsenal fan for over 55 years , losing Ashley still really hurts. He was destined to be our captain for 10 years and was the best lb in the world.
As a strong Arsenal fan myself and a proud born and bread East Londoner, this is one of the players i honestly dont blame for leaving us. He could of handled it better but it was the same reason Sol left Spurs for us. Our manager and owners started to detiorate and that was the fall of Arsenal. He represents how the club was at that time. You can never forget where you started and he was a East Londoner and grew up in Arsenal and played with better players in Arsenal and won more Titles at Arsenal, lets not forget that.
I never held it against Ashley Cole for leaving. It was out in the press at the time that Arsenal did him dirty, it wasn't a secret. I understood he wanted to stay but the club put him in a predicament. It still hurt that he left for Chelsea of all teams, as their manager was constantly making noise about ours and he was massively irritating. Plus the fact that everybody knew with all the money they were spending, they were gonna win everything, every year. I actually think they underachieved under the circumstances. Ashley Cole only won 1 league title there after winning 2 at Arsenal including a double and an Invincibles season. But anyway, I think our fans were harsh on him. They should've took their frustration out on the club, not on Ashley
never bought into the cashley cole personally but the fact that he was so distant from the media its interesting how narratives can be manifested and then obvioiusly the issues with cheryl didnt hel[ his reputation but one thing you have to agree with is his mentality was sterling.. never dropped his level went on to be the best left back the leagues seen.
If you had to put any English playerr in an all term world 11 it would be Cole for me at LB - name anyone else that would actually get into a world 11 of all time?
he felt insulted because Arsenal only offered him 80k a week understandable how's he expected to feed his family on double a week than people get a year
Wow - im sorry Ashley that as an Arsenal fan I honestly thought the worst of you as I waa only a kid . Didn't understand or have the capacity to hear your side of things . I proud that I see you play for The Arsenal - I respect all you won with Chelsea. Your undoubtedly the beat Left back to ever play the game . Great interview skills too Peter - you was incredible interviewing him . Big up the whole team effort ❤
After Arsenal taking Sol Campbell from Spurs for free, they got to taste their own medicine with Ashley Cole to Chelsea, then Adebayor to City, then Samir Nasri 👊👊👊 to City then even when Fabregas returned to England he chose Chelsea and the list goes on... Adebayor isn't even as big of a name as Sol Campbell or Ashley Cole but that celebration in Etihad is always worth the topic
He’s actually pissed me off with his comments about David Dein. I have no doubt that Dein wanted to pay him what he offered but it was vetoed from the rest of the board on the advice of that buffoon Peter Hill-Wood. Ashley should remember, that in football, even shareholders and chairmen are forced to sign NDAs to stop them talking to the press and making details public. Wenger and Dein have both since hinted their hands were tied. Dein also got a lot of abuse over the saga. Yet I do agree with him on one thing. The club lost its identity bit by bit when Vieira left the club. Wenger didn’t begin signing English players again until around 2010. Walcott was the sole English player in our squad until Jack Wilshere came through the ranks. It took over 20 years for us to get an identity back. Sadly for Wenger, after he left. I actually believe Aaron Ramsey was treated worse than Ashley was. Our star player, got offered a contract then when he turned up to sign it, was actually told no, we’ve changed our minds and you’re going on a free at the end of the season.
@ Kenny didn’t play in a team that was half as good as the invincible side, take a look at some clips of him on RUclips if they are available, worth a look 👍
It sounds to me that the pinch point was that he spoke to Chelsea when Arsenal had offered what he wanted, and the club did not like the approach and made a decision to withdraw the offer leaving a bitter taste for Ashley.
As reported at the time Cole thought he’d be offered 60k per week by Arsenal. Then soon after whilst driving in his car his agent called & said offer had been revised to 55k a week. He threw his toys out & left for Chelsea. If that’s all true blame lies on both sides.
9:10 yh i remember spurs having this, im from Tottenham so that was our local. Didn’t know about the jvc centre because im not from N4/5/7. Throwback though wow.
Best English LB ever! Can't believe he had Cheryl and let her go though genuinely the most attractive person on the planet! (if you ignore the accent).
Well he didn't let her go, did he? He cheated on her at least 5 times according to his own admission. She got rid of him when she finally figured him out for the rat he is.
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Deserves more respect for what he's achieved ,
107 caps
3 fa cups at arsenal, 2 league titles including being in the invincible team that went undefeated all of the league season.
Another prem title and 4 more fa cup wins at Chelsea, the Champions League .
Pfa team of the year four times
Uefa team of the year twice
Premier league hall of fame.
Got to sleep with Cheryl Cole.
Lad didn't do badly for himself at all
and had ronaldo in his pocket most times they met..and managed to keep terry off cheryl...magnificent man marking
Gotta give Foreskin/Fordyce his recognition for the Pod on the 10 year party 🎉
😂😂😂Cheryl Cole was on top back then, this guy won it all
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He gets alot of respect imo. Him and Thierry are the only guarantees in PL all time XI. That's ALLLLOOOTTT of respect.
Been going to Arsenal for over 55 years, Ashley Cole was the greatest left back I've ever seen there.
Winterburn second, Sylvinho third
@@BOZ_11 Errrrrr, what about Kenny Sansom?!!!
I'd agree with that. Had a season ticket with my dad in the East stand. The left side of Arsenal was phenomenal at that time - Cole - Petit - Pires - Henry - truly world class!
@@microcosmos1972 don’t think Pires and Petit played together at Arsenal, Petit left the same summer Pires arrived, 2000
@PaulyRob 55 years, damn i can almost feel your pain, i bet you must be fuming with your delusional fanbase with the likes of AFTV
Ashley Cole is the fullback the British media think Gary Neville was. Top tier defender what a player
What a legend.
He articulates himself brilliantly and shows great humility. A true champion, rising from the Morville cages of east london to becoming the best in the world.
Hope he gets an opportunity to manage one day.
Well done Ash
These former player's really need to learn their craft in the lower league's and work their way up!
unless they're ◻️@@juliemarie5926
Best LB of his generation
Best left back in any generation
Only because Gareth Bale moved forward.
Great left back but there were better left backs than Cole.
@Harry-c4q9u nope
@Harry-c4q9u name them
Appreciate Coley opening up here. I'm one of the rarer Gooner who would welcome him back to Arsenal and contribute instead of Chelsea.
Even mr Wenger said biggest regret of his managerial career, letting cole leave . Says just how good he really was.
Wenger was too arrogant and stubborn. Give the man more money ffs
Some of the defenders he bought, jeez
@jesseb5076 well yes maybe but Wenger changed the football from doing whatever players wanted to serious dedication and winning titles.
Top 3 with letting RVP go and not resigning Fabregas.
Lot of rewriting history when it is all documented. Both Cole & the club were to blame.
Arsenal had no money after building the Emirates. They were cutting corners with Wenger covering for them. .Wenger wanted to pay Cole but board pulled carpet away.
Cole unwise to publicly talk of almost crashing his car when offered 'only £60k per week, good money 20 years ago. Especially to fans earning a fraction of that. Gave impression he was tone deaf.
Cole & his agent were foolish to publicly meet Mourinho in hotel foyer, while still contracted to Arsenal.
Neither side came out looking good. But it's done.
@@BeforeThisNovember and not signing ronaldo from sporting
Getting Gallas in exchange for Cole + 5m still haunts me till this day 😭😭
Honestly it must be one of the worst bits of business done in the Wenger/Dein era.
Contract was all but up
@@razrsharpuknowhere near 😂
@@TemporaryInsane yea gallas was good. we nearly won the league in 07/08.
Getting Sylvestre from United was worse
Appreciate Cole getting his story out there. I was one that bought into the media narrative at the time which I hugely regret knowing what I know now.
Oh this is lovely... great chat great memories. So gutted at the time when Ash left. He was one of ours. All this water under the bridge, I can look back and appreciate. Thanks Ash ❤
Starts at 4.25 🎉
Seven FA Cup wins is a phenomenal achievement.
Arsenl have 14.....a record :)
FA Cup hype.
Ashley/Arsenal & Sol/Tottenham shows what football means to the fans,as Bill Shankley said "The most important relationship at a football club is not between the manager & chairman, but the players and the fans".
Media in our country absolutely battered Cole for all sorts of shite throughout his life and that brought people that didn’t even know about football to dislike him.
Ash Was A Brilliant LB, A Fixture At Chelsea...LEGEND...!!
He stated his worth and there’s nothing wrong with that!!!
When on the pitch he was class…..whatever team he played for, yes he made mistakes but as any human would , can’t hate him for that!
As a servant of the game he was solid !!!
I spent time with him out of the pitch and he was a good respectful human to his surroundings outside the game, he treated me with respect and my family with kindness.
A lot of players I’ve worked with in my time being in the hospitality industry I mention no names were dicks , Ashley was NOT one of them!
As an Arsenal fan, this transfer hurt the most out of them all. I still love Ash, and growing up now, I realize the club was at fault.
You don't remember Overmars being sold then, or Merson or Brady.
@@AIJimmybad Na Ash leaving was the worst for me personally. He was one of my fav players, and came through the academy. To me it's like if Trent went to Manchester United. The timing in which he left, felt more impactful than the others as well, and I hate Chelsea the most out of any club.
@@AIJimmybad Overmars was only with us for a season and a bit , Merson was old and suffering from alcoholism - this transfer hurt bad because it was to Chelsea when we were had historically been better than them. Van Persie, Vieria and Henry also hurt more than the ones you mentioned. Brady was before my time :)
The club clearly didn't learn their lesson, because they did the same thing to Bacary Sagna.
Cole is a Chelsea legend!!
Wished we were here calling him an Arsenal legend, especially because it’s a position we’ve struggled with since, but oh well.
Certainly a Chelsea legend and the best LB the prem has ever seen.
He is arsenal legend.
@ absolutely not
@@BeforeThisNovember technically yes he is. He was part of invincible which by default made you a legend.
@BeforeThisNovember
In your dreams is he lol Irwin not only won more trophies he could actually use both feet score & assist with both feet, good defender and even Evra you could tell was better as they were the same age and Evra had a way better career and better individual performance even in such games like ChampionsLeague 2008 final compared to Cole, he got in more team of the year's than Cole in the time he was at the PL(and dominating it).
Cole would've gone his last 10 PL seasons in a row without a single PL title for Arsenal/Chelsea 2004/05 to 2013/14 if the officials didn't give Chelsea 2009/10 because they didn't want same winner more than 3 times in a row pre-VAR they could stop it hence being allowed to have officials turn both ManUtd games into wins for Chelsea when they should've been losses, not to mention getting help against many other teams and even that wasn't enough they needed even more help and just to confirm how fixed it was StevenGerrard deliberate backpass to Drogba in Liverpool's last home game of the season vs Chelsea because it happened to be the first year ManUtd could overtake Liverpool on league title's.
If ManUtd had half the help Chelsea got that season they break a PL points margin record.
Evra got to more CL finals (even getting there with Monaco same year Cashley so called invincibles couldn't make it past Quarter-finals yet again). Evra continued to win when he & Cole left the PL for SeriaA at the same age. Why did Juventus want Evra not Cole?? Cole won nothing with Roma, he also won nothing with the most famous MLS team out there (Unlike Beckham) and Cole never got past Quarter-finals of a major tournament for England and Evra got to a final with not a very good France team at all. The list goes on...I'm sure Cashley scored less too, can't even talk about Cole being in a more defensive team because ManUtd with Evra broke defensive records that still stand today and Cole wasn't at Chelsea when they were getting defensive records.
You're clearly anti-ManUtd & English to be in denial about the other players who simply were better....geez Cole was 0-5 down in a ChampionsLeague half for Roma which got him subbed off 😂 (finished 1-7).
You're only embarrassing England by saying he was the best let alone the PL by saying he was the best in the PL.
And you didn't even pick a smart man who can articulate like a normal adult and actually string a sentence together properly (then again that's the typical Arsenal fanbase). Plus his behaviour has been very questionable, then again that's a very Arsenal & Chelsea thing so he suited both clubs.
Also good result 12 vs 10 in the FAcup 3rd round 😁
Favourite Ashley Cole moment in an Arsenal shirt. We are going out of the Champions League Ashely makes a last-minute diving header to score and get us through to the next round….
As a arsenal fan I needed to hear his side of the story cause I never forgive him for what I thought he done.. Thank you Ashley for what you done for Arsenal I needed to hear this.
One of my all time Chelsea Players, Love him to bits man Legend 💙
At the time, i was saying Arsenal should pay him the money. Before he went to Chelsea, he was in the top 3 LB in the world...Arsenal must have regretted not paying him.
He speaks very well. It's a great insight and definitely the best left back England have ever had. Looking forward to part two.
BEST LB EVER
From an Arsenal fan this is such an amazing interview
Great player. Best LB of his generation. I was a huge fan before the hotel incident. The club might have disrespected Cole, but Cole disrespected the fans too, by going behind the club's back and meeting with Mourinho and Chelsea representatives. Should've done things properly and handled the situation much better.
Story of his life though isn't it, serial love rat, dishonest extremely unlikable character
I disagree. Fans are ruled by emotion. they get salty for no reason. Like the way they got salty about Van Persie leaving to win a big trophy. Or like salty at Fabregas for joining Chelsea yet Wenger had stated he didn’t need him coz he had Ozil. You can’t reason with fans. Best for a player to focus on what’s good for them. fans aren’t loyal. And neither are clubs. Look at Liv fans being angry at possibility of Trent going to Madrid. Yet it’s the club that delayed renewing his contract. I support players to make decision for their own benefit first.
@cybertroy2 I do agree to a certain extent. Clubs are only loyal to players who perform. It is a business, after all. However, with Van Persie, he was always on the treatment table. Wenger not only extended his contract but even increased his wages. He only had one season, which he was healthy. The next he buggered off. He even said we'll come back and do better next seaon. Shouldn't make empty promises to begin with, and the crap about he had to listen to the little boy inside. He did it so openly to force a move. Arsenal and Wenger had no option to do anything. If he was being honest and just said, his career is coming towards the end, and it's his last chance to win anything major, we would've understood. Henry did. And none of us are salty. With Fabregas, he was the captain, and he refused to play to force his move to Barc. He was flirting with Barc on the pitch. We wouldn't have lost if he wasn't showing off and made a stupid back heel past in our own box. He was a great player, but he betrayed Wenger.
Whatever happened that doesn't give the fans the right to disrespect players like that, if they want to move let them go yes he might of left for the money but still how many people leave their jobs for more money, being a footballer is not a long career
@@nungiceman they saw a club that was going nowhere while they pay off the new stadium. We lost several players including Adebayor, Nasri, Flamini, Hleb and Sagna. All whom we weren’t ready to let go off yet when they left. All who won big trophies elsewhere while we are still here trying to get the first one since 2004. However they left or their reasons, they didn’t want to play for us no more. Of course Persie should say he’ll come back strong following season. Until the deal to join United is completed, that’s what he should say as he was still an Arsenal player at the time. Deals are not guaranteed until signed.
Absolute belter this one boys
Legend. Greatest LB of all time
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Sorry but no, maybe in Chelsea history yeah, and I'm not even gonna mention him in the same breath as Maldini or Roberto Carlos
not the best of all time man lol , roberto carlos among others were greater
Of England ****
But what a player he was
lool typical Englishman
Was on £50k a week. Arsenal offered a £90k pw deal. Chelsea doubled that and offered him £180pw. After the Invincibles he joined Chelsea to become a PL legend. I would have done the same.
Yeah because you're greedy and have no loyalty
Your figures are all wrong. He was offered 55K. I believe it was more than double what he was previously on. Chelsea did offer him double Arsenal's offer. Arsenal were in the middle of their financial squeeze following the loans to build the new stadium and had to make savings. It was undoubtedly mismanaged but still, joining a local rival is a strict no-no. If you have no moral code I guess you would make that decision. Perhaps you would have made the decision to cheat on your wife NUMEROUS times too? I mean, why not, if it's all about YOU getting what YOU want? That's all that matters isn't it? Guy's a scumbag.
he already a legend before joining chelsea ..lol
Great episode, so many things you can relate on as a footballers
Did anyone notice at 30:23 Sidders ? That was a bit strange
As an Arsenal fan nothing other to say rather than just disappointing how things played out between the club and the player. Oh well hopefully it is a lesson for all
England's greatest LB
Dennis Irwin
Great interview and I am looking forward to part 2. Thanks
Coming soon!
he is the only English player to play in the PL that I dont think any foreigner was better than him in his position.
Saw him later at Roma. Couldnt believe how great he was there, in his 30s
Crouchie's Rolex looks so ridiculously small for what is actually a decent sized watch. Had me rolling!
Cole is wearing the same watch (newer version, but same size) and it looks pretty big
Best LB in UK history
You talking about Denis Irwin?
@ no as he’s Irish which isn’t in the UK you melt.
Ash will always be a hero of mine..I was just old enough to understand when he left it was down to us playing stupid games…. AC3 Invincible
Cheryl never stood a chance! She should have known not to trust a rat after seeing him do that.
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You could never trust a man who was that good at defending
A leopard never changes its spots. A cheat is a cheat is a cheat. A shameful excuse of a man.
Damn... let it go. That was aaaages ago
Chelsea legend 💙
Reminds me of when Torres left Liverpool for Chelsea, honestly didn't hold a grudge and still don't to this day, no Liverpool fans do as you can see by the reaction to him at Liverpool legend matches. The owners let him down by choosing to not spend and compete, we all know Torres would have spent his whole career at Liverpool if the owners did not let him down, he loves us and we love him.
Yeah, but relative to their positions, cole was world class and essentially irreplaceable
Nah mate Liverpool knew Torres was done they knew exactly what they were doing
@@mikem8211 yeah that's true, but I mean on Torres' behalf I can't fault him for joining a rival because I know he would have rather stayed at Liverpool
@@restlesscow2137 I understand, I mean on the players behalf, Cole had to put his career first, Chelsea were on the up, Arsenal were on a downwards spiral
I think we can relate this contract story to Trent situation now.
Started supporting Arsenal around 2004 and I still remember playing Ashley Cole as LW in Championship Manager, just because he has so much qualities as an attacker, surprise Wenger didn't notice that! 😂
Imagine bringing this up again voluntarily
What crouchy said about Danny Rose shows difference between Rose and Cole, Cole was happy to play anywhere
Legend, never held it against him when he left for chelsea. It was an honour to have him at Arsenal. Cheers
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To be fair i was terribly hurt and angry when he left. When i heard David Dein say i wants to see Ashley to apologise to him personally by the way they treated him, i lost all respect for Dein
for over twenty years i was booing and calling him all sort of names for leaving us. They screwed him and we blamed him for getting screwed
Love these player interviews. Ashley is a sound lad. Great to see him getting to tell his story now. Looking forward to part 2.
A sound lad? He's a serial cheat. Cheated on his wife NUMEROUS times - which he admitted in the divorce proceedings. Cheated on his boyhood club - he was found guilty of talking to another club whilst in contract and fined by the FA. Sound lad? Really? Your moral code's a bit wonky.
As a long time Gooner it was painful to lose Ashley in the way we did.
Never forgotten or forgiven. Some things you dont do!!
A lot of football casuals in the chat saying Roberto Carlos was better than Ashley Cole. Other than the occasional worldy Le Tournoi free kick or impossible angle goal, Carlos was in no way a better defender than Cole.
As an Arsenal fan, it really hurt as the time, hate Ashley with a passion, but as the years have gone on I feel the club did him dirty and he had every right to do what he did! One thing that has never change is my opinion that he is the best LB to ever play in the premier league
They doubled his wages. Club didn't do him dirty. I hate the way you have me talking like a yank saying did him dirty ffs.
Please! He could have gone abroad and he wouldn't get the shit he still gets today. You DON'T go to you local rivals if you have any class about you.
This guy was phenomenal
One of the best footballers in his position of all time. There are not five better left backs in the history of the game better than Cole
As an Arsenal fan for over 55 years , losing Ashley still really hurts. He was destined to be our captain for 10 years and was the best lb in the world.
Ashley Cole 💙
Was one of my first ever fav players at Arsenal!
Couldnt click on this video quick enough!
As a strong Arsenal fan myself and a proud born and bread East Londoner, this is one of the players i honestly dont blame for leaving us. He could of handled it better but it was the same reason Sol left Spurs for us. Our manager and owners started to detiorate and that was the fall of Arsenal. He represents how the club was at that time.
You can never forget where you started and he was a East Londoner and grew up in Arsenal and played with better players in Arsenal and won more Titles at Arsenal, lets not forget that.
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Chelsea Legend 🤙🤙👍👍
I am an Arsenal fan..i came here to listen to Cole's version history of that fateful contract debacle...i still love cole.
u aint a gooner.
Cashley was quality, it was funny when the arsenal fans were throwing the fake notes 😅
Loved him ❤
LA Galaxy Legend...legend upon signing.
I hope we made his time there memorable, he deserved it.
I never held it against Ashley Cole for leaving. It was out in the press at the time that Arsenal did him dirty, it wasn't a secret. I understood he wanted to stay but the club put him in a predicament. It still hurt that he left for Chelsea of all teams, as their manager was constantly making noise about ours and he was massively irritating. Plus the fact that everybody knew with all the money they were spending, they were gonna win everything, every year. I actually think they underachieved under the circumstances. Ashley Cole only won 1 league title there after winning 2 at Arsenal including a double and an Invincibles season. But anyway, I think our fans were harsh on him. They should've took their frustration out on the club, not on Ashley
never bought into the cashley cole personally but the fact that he was so distant from the media its interesting how narratives can be manifested and then obvioiusly the issues with cheryl didnt hel[ his reputation but one thing you have to agree with is his mentality was sterling.. never dropped his level went on to be the best left back the leagues seen.
If you had to put any English playerr in an all term world 11 it would be Cole for me at LB - name anyone else that would actually get into a world 11 of all time?
he felt insulted because Arsenal only offered him 80k a week understandable how's he expected to feed his family on double a week than people get a year
They offered him. 50k not 80k, if you were in he's position, would you have stay at the club just because you came through the academy?
@@abdiyusuf3544 No, but I wouldn't go to a local rival and negotiate with them behind my team's back. That's the actions of a rat.
So he is Cashley Cole then
derp derp. 0 knowledge.
He thought them a lesson of how valuable of a player he was by moving on for the highest bidder. Nothing wrong with that!
Best of both
Cole was world class! Ronaldo's still in his pocket
😂😂😂😂
Love how crouchy wears his watch on hos elbow
Toss of a coin between him and Evra for best LB of all time in the Prem
Really enjoyed this lads 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’m a Man City fan but I think he’s the best left back of all time - defo the best in premier league history.
This is wild for arsenal fans
Wow - im sorry Ashley that as an Arsenal fan I honestly thought the worst of you as I waa only a kid . Didn't understand or have the capacity to hear your side of things . I proud that I see you play for The Arsenal - I respect all you won with Chelsea. Your undoubtedly the beat Left back to ever play the game . Great interview skills too Peter - you was incredible interviewing him . Big up the whole team effort ❤
After Arsenal taking Sol Campbell from Spurs for free, they got to taste their own medicine with Ashley Cole to Chelsea, then Adebayor to City, then Samir Nasri 👊👊👊 to City then even when Fabregas returned to England he chose Chelsea and the list goes on...
Adebayor isn't even as big of a name as Sol Campbell or Ashley Cole but that celebration in Etihad is always worth the topic
He’s actually pissed me off with his comments about David Dein.
I have no doubt that Dein wanted to pay him what he offered but it was vetoed from the rest of the board on the advice of that buffoon Peter Hill-Wood.
Ashley should remember, that in football, even shareholders and chairmen are forced to sign NDAs to stop them talking to the press and making details public.
Wenger and Dein have both since hinted their hands were tied. Dein also got a lot of abuse over the saga.
Yet I do agree with him on one thing. The club lost its identity bit by bit when Vieira left the club.
Wenger didn’t begin signing English players again until around 2010. Walcott was the sole English player in our squad until Jack Wilshere came through the ranks.
It took over 20 years for us to get an identity back. Sadly for Wenger, after he left.
I actually believe Aaron Ramsey was treated worse than Ashley was.
Our star player, got offered a contract then when he turned up to sign it, was actually told no, we’ve changed our minds and you’re going on a free at the end of the season.
He did very well at Birmingham (in the circumstances), was a shame to see him go.
Best left back Arsenal ever had
Kenny was the best, not just for Arsenal but for England too, ever.😊
@ look at Ashley’s stats and honours
@ Kenny didn’t play in a team that was half as good as the invincible side, take a look at some clips of him on RUclips if they are available, worth a look 👍
@@markclayton6226 decent but nowhere near Ashley Cole’s standard
@@tq6892 We can agree to disagree, both great 👍
Legend....some gonners still luv u
Nueman is rumoured to be joining in the summer
What a fab episode. Ace.
It sounds to me that the pinch point was that he spoke to Chelsea when Arsenal had offered what he wanted, and the club did not like the approach and made a decision to withdraw the offer leaving a bitter taste for Ashley.
Always thought for England he could have been put as a LW or LM and put bridge as the LB ect would have balanced our team more
Has anyone retrieved Sids from Ashley's arse yet 🤣
Not sid, “siddy” 🤭
As reported at the time Cole thought he’d be offered 60k per week by Arsenal. Then soon after whilst driving in his car his agent called & said offer had been revised to 55k a week. He threw his toys out & left for Chelsea. If that’s all true blame lies on both sides.
What's the jacket brand
9:10 yh i remember spurs having this, im from Tottenham so that was our local. Didn’t know about the jvc centre because im not from N4/5/7.
Throwback though wow.
Best English LB ever! Can't believe he had Cheryl and let her go though genuinely the most attractive person on the planet! (if you ignore the accent).
Simp
You might have offended a few Geordies 😅
@karlarsenalfciswhatitis6636 it's okay, they'll be "goin' down the grove like"
Well he didn't let her go, did he? He cheated on her at least 5 times according to his own admission. She got rid of him when she finally figured him out for the rat he is.
Best left back in the world for me growing up and very articulate in this interview
BUT imagine cheating on Cheryl Cole
Diabolical behaviour
I've forgiven him time ago, you are a Legend and the greatest LB of his time
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Viera, Henry, Fabregas and RVP leaving didn't hurt as much as Ashley Cole's departure to Chelsea for 5m + Gallas 😔
This is the first time I've ever heard Ashley Cole talk, or should I say, the 1st time I've ever heard him talk for a length of time. Great interview.
Cobham lads 🎉
I believe Ashley, Arsenal didn’t really pay or look after our own compare to foreign players. Hope the fans accept him back.
2:51 Facts 😂
Jacket ???
It’s definitely not gonna zip up 😅 gots to go!
excellent left back
Right up there with the greatest left backs of all time and made at ARSENAL COYG❤️❤️❤️❤️