Arsenal have admitted to holding talks with Chelsea about the sale of Gunners defender Ashley Cole.
The 25 year old wing-back’s contract ends in 2008 and has been reported to hold peaceful talks with fellow London rivals Chelsea.
Arsenal vice chairman David Dein chooses to stay calm on the situation and said that Ashley Cole is still a Gunner and will hopefully stay one unless he choses utherwise ofcourse and told us not to rush into any kind of thouts so quickly. He said that there were some ‘civil chats’ with the clubs, nothing more yet.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand seems to be unsure and not that confident about Cole’s situation. He is not that confident in this wing-back about his decision to stay or leave.
Dein also added that Cole is a gunner and has been since he was 16. If somthing happened and Aresenal decides to take the offer that’s another story, but he assured that he is still a gunner.
Cole’s relationship with Arsenal has been strained recently and in promotional material for his new book, the defender criticised the Gunners for making him a “scapegoat” over last year’s tapping-up affair with Chelsea.
Chelsea, Blues’ manager Jose Mourinho and Cole were all fined after they breached league rules by meeting without Arsenal’s knowledge.
Cole signed his new contract after that but Chelsea’s decision to sell left-back Asier Del Horno to Valencia last week is widely expected to pave the way for him to move to Stamford Bridge.
