The latest excerpts from Ashley Cole’s sizzling autobiography reveal that he almost crashed his car when his agent told him that Arsenal had offered him just £55,000 a year, rather than the £60,000 he claimed he’d been promised. Cole writes: ‘I nearly swerved off the road. "He is taking the piss, Jonathan [Barnett, Cole’s agent]!" I
yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I
couldn’t believe what I’d heard.’
A slight overreaction, I’d say. In Cole’s tiny mind, this isn’t about the money – it’s about the principle, about being disrespected, about David Dein ‘taking the piss’. Does Cole have a point in all this, or is he just another spoilt brat? Add a comment and let us know your views…