bad news, cole looks set to leave arsenal this season, or maybe for free after his contract expires. a very dissapointing end to his arsenal career. i always thought cole will be one of those one club man like maldini, and he was improving so well under wenger. i actually saw him rise to the top after silvinho left and he was this young hardworking chap who runs up and down the flanks to support the striker and centreback. argubly one of the best left back now and half way thru his journey to be one of the arsenal greats, he's embroiled in a controversy and by the look of it, his arsenal career is gonna end.
its rather straightforward the way i see it. ashley decides he deserves a bigger pay packet and david dein decides not to give in. cole decides to evaluate chelsea's offer thru the agents, namely pini zahivi and jonathan barnett. dein is pissed off with cole's attitude and decides to make it into a big deal and say chelsea tapped him up. knowing chelsea didn't make a formal request, dein sees this opportunity to fuck up both cole and chelsea. i mean come on, david dein won't be that stupid to harm his own players without first thinking of the consequences, moreover if the player has got no problem with him in the first place.
but the fuckup thing is chelsea is acting like a typical rich bastard, shoving money up peoples ass and expect people to work for them.