‘Arsenal disrespected me – that’s the real reason I left to join Chelsea’ Ashley Cole says being ‘disrespected’ and ‘shafted’ by Arsenal during contract negotiations pushed him to join Premier League rivals Chelsea.
Cole had established himself as one of the best players in the league and an England regular when he made the controversial switch from Arsenal to Chelsea in 2006.
Arsenal wanted Cole to extend his stay at the club but the defender says he was ‘shafted’ after being offered a less lucrative contract than he was ‘promised’.
Arsenal fans never forgave Cole for leaving, waving fake £20 notes at him during the following season and dubbing him ‘Cashley’.
‘My situation was I knew what I was worth,’ Cole said on That Peter Crouch Podcast.
