Chelsea rocked as Cole crocked.Byline: JOHN CROSS ASHLEY COLE Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980, Stepney, London) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. Cole plays left back for Chelsea and for the England national team, a position from which he often uses his strong pace to try and support the forward players. could miss facing former club Arsenal after scans revealed he has been playing with a broken leg. Chelsea full-back Cole needed two sets of injections before and during Sunday's crunch clash against Manchester United. Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born March 11, 1978 in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast) is a footballer from the Ivory Coast who currently plays for Chelsea FC in the English Premier League. Drogba is the current African Footballer of the Year. was also sent for a scan amid fears he broke arib in the 1-0 win, when United's Jonny Evans Jonathan "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January, 1988, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a football central defender who currently plays for Manchester United. Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland FC, the same club which his brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before kicked him in the chest. Drogba is due to report for international duty with Ivory Coast this week but both Chelsea and his country face an anxious wait to see whether he faces a spell on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. . But Cole, omitted from England's squad to face Brazil in Qatar, is definitely facing an injury lay-off with a depressed fracture of the tibia tibia: see leg. which has been troubling him for the past few weeks. Chelsea are hoping Cole, who sustained the injury against Atletico Madrid last month, will be back to face Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on November 29. But it will also be a worry for England boss Fabio Capello to have one of his most important players injured in a World Cup year. |
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