The English footballer who is known for his left back skills is playing in Major League soccer with Los Angeles Galaxy.
The star of Arsenal Oxlade Chamberlain has chosen the players Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole in the team Ultimate XI for arsenal Media in a video. The reason behind choosing these two players was well explained by Oxlade Chamberlain.
Ashley Cole made his MLS debut for LA Galaxy in the 4-1 win over DC United.
The former Chelsea star moved to the MLS after having released from Roma. His time with the Italian club can be forgotten quickly after he made only a few appearances before being relegated to the bench by Rudy Garcia. Despite being a Champions League winner with Chelsea, Roma did not see him as a valuable member of the team. This is likely to be the opposite of this stature at LA Galaxy. The MLS outfit are struggling to reach the heights attained under David Beckham.
There was a point in time when Ashley Cole was considered to be the best left-back in the world of football.
It was during the playing time that Cole spent with Chelsea from 2006-2014 where the English defender managed to stand out and help the Premier League in lifting a number of big titles such as: Premier League, Europa League, Champions League and FA Cup are just a few of the pieces of silverware that he sealed with Chelsea.
The former Arsenal and Chelsea left-back has impressed pundits with his performance in the Major League Soccer. Ever since coming to the States, he has been putting in some wonderful performance and has demonstrated why he was considered at some point in his career as the best left back in the world.
He made his debut in the MLS in March 2016 in a match against DC United which LA Galaxy won by 4-1. There were also other former Premier League stars such as Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard playing in the match.
LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena believes that the signing of former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole is a gamble, but one that needs to be taken by any manager. Cole is the latest English name to join a MLS outfit.
The North American league recently saw the influx of players like Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in addition to other Premier League names like Didier Drogba. After having spent the last 18 months at Italian outfit Roma, Cole has decided to take the route of many top players towards the end of their careers. The MLS is fast becoming a favourite retirement spot for the top players.
Aston Villa have confirmed that they are interested in the signing of former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, who appears to be free to leave Italian outfit Roma. Cole secured a high-profile move to Roma after deciding to leave Chelsea.
He was originally expected to join the MLS in order to enjoy some few years before retirement. The move to Roma, though, has not helped his career since he has been spending most of the time on the bench. Even though he is 35 years old,Cole does seem to think that he has time left at the top level.
Jermain Defoe reckons he should not be kept out of the national team just because of the fact that he has crossed his 30 and is no longer young.
According to the striker, its fitness and not the age which should be taken into account when the manager sits to pick the players.
Defoe has been quite productive for the Black Cats of late finding the net as many as 5 times with the season just about two-week old.
The veteran was overlooked last year when Roy Hodgson named his squad for World Cup and that had left him deeply gutted. It had come to him as an absolute shock.
Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole’s experiment with Italian football seems to be coming to a premature end after being left out of the Roma first-team squad for the opening game of the campaign.
The Italian Serie A resumes this weekend with Roma taking on Hellas Verona, but Cole will not be part of the team named by Rudi Garcia as he has been left out of the squad entirely. Garcia has explained that the decision to leave out the former England international is something that was taken by the club and that it was not a personal decision.
Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand says that he is looking to follow in the footsteps of Ashley Cole.
The former Chelsea defender was an understudy to Cole during his time at Stamford Bridge. Even though Bertrand was part of the Champions League final in 2012, he never was considered as a regular first choice at Chelsea. This led to his permanent move to Southampton last summer. The benefits of regular football have been immensely helping him, as Bertrand was part of the defence that conceded the second least amount of goals in the league last season.
Roma manager Rudi Garcia says that he is extremely angry with the performance of his team after they dropped more points in the league match against Atlanta.