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Chelsea Legend Hoping To Return To Stamford Bridge

Chelsea Legend Hoping To Return To Stamford Bridge

“I want to play for as long as I possibly can, because once you finish playing, you are done for life.”

Joe Baiamonte

Joe Baiamonte

Chelsea have enjoyed a great deal of success with former players returning to the club over the past few years, after Didier Drogba and David Luiz came back to Stamford Bridge and lifted Premier League titles. And now another Blues favourite is eyeing up a return to the club.

Having spent eight years at Stamford Bridge, lifting a Premier League title, four FA Cups, a Champions League, a Europa League and a League Cup, Ashley Cole is ready to return to the club he first joined in a storm of 'Cashley' chants, 11 years ago.

Cole, now 36, left Chelsea in 2014 before spending two seasons forgetting how to pose for team photos with Roma. Now at LA Galaxy, the left-back has admitted, in a recent interview with FourFourTwo, that he sees his future at Stamford Bridge in a coaching or scouting capacity, although he's not contemplating retirement just yet.


Ashley Cole lurking
Ashley Cole lurking

Never forget. Image: AS Roma

"I'm enjoying it here at the moment, but I would like to go back to England and work for Chelsea in some capacity if I could, so that would be my first choice.

"Coaching or being a scout is something I've always considered and enjoyed while watching games.


Cole became one of Chelsea's most successful ever players during his eight years at Stamford Bridge. Images: PA

"I try to nurture young players coming through, so it's something I have in the back of my mind for after I finish playing.

"I want to play for as long as I possibly can, because once you finish playing, you are done for life."


Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole

Cole became the latest high profile England international to join Galaxy, last year, following in the footsteps of David Beckham and Steven Gerrard. Image: PA

The former England international, who was capped 107 times for the Three Lions, has been vilified at Arsenal since he traded North London for West London in 2006, signing for Chelsea for £5 million plus William Gallas. He would go onto make 338 appearances for the Blues, establishing himself as one of the finest full-backs of his generation.

(H/T Goal)

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Football, Chelsea FC, Ashley Cole, LA Galaxy

Northerner. Assistant Editor of SPORTbible. Studied Journalism and Broadcasting in a portakabin on a car park of Salford University for three years. Believes football peaked with Serie A in the '90s and strong-arms pro wrestling references into as many articles as possible. Neymar once took 50 euros off me during a game of poker.

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