Month: February 2021

Veteran Crystal Palace centre back Gary Cahill has talked up former England and Chelsea teammate Ashley Cole as a proper role model for young players. Gary Cahill spoke about Ashley Cole in a recent interview with the official website of Crystal Palace as he’s still stunned that Ashley Cole finished his international career with over a century of caps. According to him, Ashley Cole played at a high level for at least a decade for him to amass 107 caps for the Three Lions of England.

Gary Cahill had 61 caps for his country and he had to play at a high level for several years to play those games for the Three Lions.

Gary Cahill is adamant that Ashley Cole is a good role model for young players if they want to play at the high level for a lot of years just like Ashley Cole did during his playing career. Cahill told the Crystal Palace website that Ashley Cole put in the work for him to achieve a lot of things during his career and that the young players must be ready to do likewise for them to have a successful career as a professional footballer.

Ashley Cole and Gary Cahill played together at club and country level. They were teammates at Chelsea and played their respective roles as the Blues ended their wait for the Champions League title at the end of the 2011/12 season at the expense of Bayern Munich, who were the hosts.

Chelsea rode their luck at times during the 2012 Champions League final especially after Dutchman Arjen Robben was denied the chance to score the winning goal for Bayern Munich from the penalty spot in extra time. His penalty was saved by goalkeeper Petr Cech. The two teams had scored a goal apiece at the end of regulation time. Chelsea beat Bayern on penalties in the shootout to win the much coveted trophy.

Chelsea legends Ashley Cole and John Terry have endorsed the idea of Mason Mount as the club’s skipper after the Three Lions of England midfielder took the armband for the FA Cup fourth round last weekend. In one of the last acts of fellow Blues legend Frank Lampard as manager, he handed Mason Mount the captain’s armband for the FA Cup fourth round clash between Chelsea and Luton Town at Stamford Bridge.

Ashley Cole, John Terry and Frank Lampard played together for many years at Chelsea and now both Ashley Cole and John Terry showed their support for the decision made by their ex-Chelsea teammate Lampard as regards Mason Mount.

England international Mason Mount became the youngest Chelsea skipper at the age of 22 since a certain John Terry took the armband and he was one of the best players as Chelsea beat Luton Town 3-1 at home to book their place in the fifth round of the competition.

Fellow England international Tammy Abraham was responsible for all the three Chelsea goals to ensure that the West London giants will face another English Championship club in Barnsley in the fifth round. Chelsea had beaten an English Championship outfit in Luton Town and will face another one in the next round for a place in the quarterfinals.

Ahead of the Luton Town game, Ashley Cole left an heartwarming comment for Mason Mount on a Chelsea post about the player on Instagram. The post had announced Mason Mount as the Chelsea skipper for the game and Ashley Cole replied by saying that the midfielder is his favourite Chelsea player. On John Terry’s part, the ex-Blues centre back posted a picture of a small Mason Mount with him and Ashley Cole on his Instagram story to celebrate him. Mason Mount was a favourite of the Frank Lampard regime at Chelsea and it remains to be seen whether new manager Thomas Tuchel will hand him a similarrole.