Chelsea Defender Ashley Cole Out For Three Months
Club and country will be without their first-choice left-back...
By Zack Wilson
The defender sustained the injury in a tackle with the Toffees' forward Landon Donovan.
The player should return to action by mid-May, but the injury also throws Cole's participation at this summer's World Cup into some doubt.
Three Lions gaffer Fabio Capello has often stated that he wil take only fully-fit players to the tournament.
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Wayne Bridge could find himself in the frame to deputise for Cole, and probably lining up alongside John Terry, alleged to have had an affair with Bridge's former girlfriend.
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