Wenger: Cole unlikely to face former fans

ARSENE WENGER has the utmost respect for what Ashley Cole did on the pitch with Arsenal, but does not expect the former Gunner to face his old club when Chelsea come to the Emirates Stadium tomorrow.

The England left-back moved from Arsenal on the closing day of the August transfer window, with William Gallas heading in the opposite direction.

The circumstances of the switch, however, left a sour taste for many Gunners fans, who felt the academy graduate had been disloyal given his involvement in the ‘tapping up’ saga which saw both Cole and Chelsea, as well as their manager Jose Mourinho, fined by an independent commission.