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DARK SECRETS: Ashley cole | Rare Historical Photos

The 10 Biggest Transfer Deadline Day Signings of All Time

Manchester United, Real Madrid and Liverpool have all been involved in some expensive Deadline Day deals.

Sports Illustrated

The death of the English manager: Why home-grown coaches are finding it harder than ever to reach the Premier League

English managers have long been a rarity in the Premier League and there are no signs of that changing

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Ashley Cole leaves England Under-21s coaching role after successive Euros triumphs

Ashley Cole has decided to leave his role as an England Under-21 coach, the FA confirmed on Tuesday. Working under manager Lee Carsley, Cole helped the Under-21s win successive Euros titles in 2023 and 2025. Cole also took up a position as head coach of Serie B side Cesena in…

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“Yaya Toure was better than me growing up. I don’t mind that my brother was a better footballer” Kolo Toure picks his Perfect XI

The former Arsenal and Liverpool man played with some of his era’s best players

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“I’ve known Joe Cole since the age of 10 – he’d rip players apart even then. I was in awe of him” Ashley Cole on his respect for his friend and ex-England team-mate

The two Coles played alongside each other for club and country with England and Chelsea

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“Everyone wants an answer of ‘that’s the reason the Golden Generation didn’t do it’. But nobody knows” Joe Cole on why his England team never met their potential

Cole’s star-packed Three Lions side could never get past their quarter-final glass ceiling

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What is it like to face Lionel Messi? Inside the mind of Argentina’s genius as England finally find out

WORLD CUP 2026: As perhaps the greatest player of all time prepares for a first meeting with England, Miguel Delaney explains the mentality that makes him so good

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‘Rooney’s injury in 2004 was one of those sliding doors moments. If England are going to win the World Cup this year, they’re going to need those moments to go for them’ Joe Cole and Ashley Cole on the role fate will play this summer

The former England duo have recalled Wayne Rooney’s impact at Euro 2004

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‘The sliding doors moments didn’t go for us in 2006. A different pass here, a better refereeing decision there…’ Joe Cole’s England 2006 World Cup regrets

Cole played in every game of England’s run to the quarter-finals in the 2006 World Cup

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‘In this World Cup, everything needs to work. If the big man upstairs says it’s England’s time, then it’s England’s time’ Joe Cole on reflects on his 2010 Three Lions experience

The former England playmaker believes luck and fate are needed for the Three Lions to end 60 years of hurt

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‘Back then, the media needed to be fed with pictures of the girls going for a run or something like that, and it was going on the front page’ Joe Cole looks back on how the press created the 2006 WAG culture

England’s wives and girlfriends were front-page news during the 2006 World Cup in Germany

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‘Missing in the Euro 2012 shootout killed me. I’d scored in the Champions League final shootout just a few weeks earlier’ Ashley Cole on his part in England’s 2012 penalty misery

The Three Lions left-back missed from the spot at Euro 2012

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How Jude Bellingham became England’s very un-English superstar

WORLD CUP 2026: With parallels to Michael Jordan and an ‘attitude’ more recognisable in American athletes, Bellingham is carving his own path as a Black football superstar and England must learn to adapt, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

‘Fabio Capello stopped us from going swimming with sharks. I was fuming!’ Joe Cole on the England squad’s boredom at the 2010 World Cup

The England squad missed out on a bucket list experience in South Africa

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Cheryl Heartbreak: Haunting Regrets Exposed 20 Years After Ashley Cole Wedding, Tragic Loss of Liam Payne

Cheryl reflects on her past, from her high-profile marriage to Ashley Cole to personal heartbreaks, including the loss of Liam Payne. Motherhood now provides her with stability and purpose.

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‘We lost a lot of shootouts from 1990 and it became a thing. You have to credit Jordan Pickford and the boys – they’ve turned that round’ Joe Cole on how England ended their penalty hoodoo

England’s luck from the spot changed with a win over Colombia in the 2018 World Cup

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‘The 2002 World Cup was the first time I was around big names. It made me understand I was capable of playing with top players and at major tournaments’ Ashley Cole on England’s 2002 rollercoaster tournament

Ashley Cole's first tournament saw England defeat Argentina before falling to Brazil

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‘Cristiano Ronaldo made me do the splits. I thought, ‘This can’t happen again.’ I didn’t want someone to take my career away from me’ Ashley Cole on his major tournament battles with the Portuguese icon

England’s Cole was tasked with stopping Ronaldo at Euro 2004 and at the World Cup two years later

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‘There’s going to be a moment where England are under the cosh – to win the World Cup, someone is going to have to take the game by the scruff of the neck’ Joe Cole on what England need to do to win the World Cup

The former West Ham and Chelsea playmaker was a part of England’s 2002 and 2006 World Cup squads

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NEW ISSUE: Battle for the World Cup! Jeremy Doku and Mikel Merino exclusives, Joe Cole & Ashley Cole’s World Cup memories, Roberto Martinez on Cristiano Ronaldo, Javier Zanetti on Lionel Messi, plus USA '94, Guus Hiddink and Youri Djorkaeff Q&A

Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device – from Thursday June 4

The Guardian - UK

Arteta ready to take final step on Arsenal’s 20-year journey to redemption

Two decades of disappointment followed Parisian nightmare of Lehmann, Eto’o and all that, but now a first Champions League title is in sight

The Guardian - UK

Ashley Cole: ‘The players have to trust what I’m asking them to do’

The former Arsenal, Chelsea and England left-back is in his first manager’s job, with playoff-chasing Serie B side, Cesena

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Goalkeeper ruled out of World Cup 2026 after suffering a broken neck

Former United States youth international was injured while playing in Italy

The Independent UK

Jurgen Klinsmann’s son suffers broken neck while playing in Italy’s second division

Jonathan Klinsmann broke his neck while playing for Italian club Cesena over the weekend

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‘Every club outside of the top 10 in the Premier League should have been banging on the door to get Ashley Cole in – he’s done everything right’ Joe Cole tells FFT why he’s backing his former Chelsea and England team-mate to be a success in management

In an exclusive interview, one Cole explains why he’s got faith in his namesake, who’s become a boss with Italian club Cesena

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