Ashley Cole is a world class defender for Chelsea and also plays for the English national team. But his chances to play in the World Cup may be in jeopardy. Cole broke his ankle this week and may not recover in time. He’s also dealing with a “sexting” scandal and his absence may amplify other “sexy” problems for England.
Cole made news again this week when it was reported that he sent nude photos of himself to a model. That’s not a good thing because he’s married to Cheryl Cole. Sonia Wild claims that she received text correspondence including pictures of the soccer player “in all of his glory” for nearly a month. Cole claims that the texts were sent by a “friend” that had been given one of Cole’s old phones. That makes sense… sort of, not really. So maybe his buddy would send the sexy pictures to get reciprocation from Ms. Wild. But that doesn’t really explain why Cole took them in the first place and then how he forgot they were on his phone.
Aside from the sexting scandal, Cole’s injury creates a hole in the English defense. That means that Wayne Bridge may get the call to fill his role. You may remember Wayne Bridge as the man whose girlfriend cheated on him with multiple teammates including John Terry. FIFA President Sepp Blatter had an interesting take on Terry’s boning of a teammate’s girlfriend saying:
“Listen, this is a special approach in the Anglo-Saxon countries. If this had happened in, let’s say, Latin countries, then I think he would have been applauded.”
When news of the affair broke a couple weeks ago, Terry was subsequently stripped of his captaincy of the English national team. Why does all of this matter? Because now Wayne Bridge may be lining up right next to Terry in England’s back four during the World Cup… all because of Ashley Cole’s ankle.
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