da esoccer bet： Ashley Cole has rubbished suggestions that his unreasonable wage demands were halting progress to a new contract at Chelsea. The Daily Mail reports
da dobrowin： The England international confirmed talks had began last month, but denied wanting a colossal £200,000 a week for his services.
The Blues say talks over a new deal are progressing well and the club remains confident at the left-back’s ability to play at the top-level for several years to come, despite traditionally being reluctant to offer lucrative contracts to players in their thirties.
But speculation will still rumble on over Cole’s future, particularly if he still has not signed a new deal by January, as it would allow him to pen a pre-contract with another club.
Real Madrid have reportedly been admirers of Cole for some time, while many of Europe’s other top teams would surely be interested.
At present, Cole is suffering from an ankle injury which will see him miss tonight’s opening World Cup qualifier away at Moldova and he faces a race against the clock to be fit for the visit of Ukraine on Tuesday.
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