The left-back wrote in his autobiography that he nearly crashed his car when he discovered Arsenal were only willing to pay him £55,000 a week. In 2006 book My Defence , he said: "When I heard Jonathan Barnett repeat the figure of £55K, I nearly swerved off the road. (Image: Getty)Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now"I was young, naive, stupid, but it was something I felt I had to do," Cole said. "I was a bit hot-headed and didn't realise what I was doing at the time but I don't regret it. On the abuse from unhappy Arsenal fans who dubbed him Cashley, he added: "It's still there.

Source: Daily Mirror February 05, 2019 05:45 UTC