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Carlton Cole Sends Fan £400 After His Shocking Soccer AM Performance
Carlton Cole sent a fan £400 after his shocking performance on the drills during Saturday morning's Soccer AM.
The former West Ham striker was a guest on the Sky Sports show this morning and simply had a disasterclass on the 'Pro AM' segment.
However, the fan took to Twitter and shared that Cole had sent him £400 for messing up their chances of doubling their cash on the show.
Massive thank you to @CarltonCole1 you didn't have to do that mate top guy :clap: pic.twitter.com/u2mcX7kP99
- Tim Craig (@TIMMCRAIGG) February 8, 2020
Cole verified the claim by tweeting out: '@SoccerAM definitely brought the worst and the best out of me... that's Carlton Cole for ya!'
My pleasure mate! Have a great day on me geezer! :beer::beer::beer::beer: @SoccerAM definitely brought the worst and the best out of me :joy::joy: thats Carlton Cole for ya! :joy::joy::joy: @jimmybullard @fennerstweets @TubesSoccerAM https://t.co/7acKeaHt58
- Carlton Cole (@CarltonCole1) February 8, 2020
Had a great time on @SoccerAM with the lads. Had a shocker on the drills though. :joy::joy::joy: could there be a worst ex-pro performance than mine? I think it will take some doing:joy::joy: thanks to @fennerstweets and @jimmybullard. Class as usual. :blue_heart: pic.twitter.com/VN5pNIriRG
- Carlton Cole (@CarltonCole1) February 8, 2020
The former England international was praised on social media for his kind gesture.
What a bloke
- jc83 (@johnchilcott3) February 8, 2020
Fair play to the Geezer. Should be double for the woeful miss :joy:
- MarkJ (@DjMarkJZ) February 8, 2020
I saw him offer it right after he missed. I've often wondered how many of them just give the money to the lads if they miss. Top lad is Carlton now in my book.
- Goose Grobbelaar (@GooseGrobbelaar) February 8, 2020
Cole's finishing was very poor during the challenge - so bad in fact that you would have thought that actor Ralf Little was the professional footballer and not him.
Despite the below-par performance, Cole then had the chance to make amends and double the fans' money with a 'double or quits' penalty.
But the 36-year old bottled it big-time when he tried to be cute and chipped his Panenka over the bar.
Carlton Cole attempting the chip penalty to win the Middlesbrough fans £400 :grimacing::grimacing::grimacing: pic.twitter.com/OtdQPaebvZ
- Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) February 8, 2020
It's not the first time a footballer has dipped into his own pocket after a poor showing on the football programme.
Jesse Lingard made a similar gesture last year when he handed six fans £100 a piece after he fluffed his spot-kick while on the show.
Topics: Football, Soccer AM, Take a bow
