By John Cross
ARSENAL are finally ready to lower their £25million asking price for Ashley Cole - but not to Chelsea.





Ashley Cole looks set to leave Arsenal.



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Blues boss Jose Mourinho has been locked in a transfer tug-of-war for the past month over want-away Cole but the deal is deadlocked because Arsenal are determined not to sell to their Premiership rivals.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger may even include Cole in Saturday's squad for the game against Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium.


The Gunners have now asked several agents to find a foreign buyer and would be prepared to drop the price to just over £20m - the figure Chelsea are believed to be prepared to pay. It is believed that Inter Milan have shown an interest in the England left-back.


Arsenal are desperate to find another buyer as they would prefer Cole to move anywhere but Chelsea. The Gunners have never forgiven Chelsea for their role in the "tapping up" affair surrounding Cole 18-months ago.


The player has also savaged Arsenal in his forthcoming autobiography and it would be very difficult for him to stay at the club even though time is winding down until the transfer window shuts at the end of the month.


That has forced Arsenal into radical action even though Chelsea are still favourites to land Cole.


Chelsea have had a £16.5m offer turned down and have vowed not to go higher and the lack of any other interested parties has meant they hold all the aces.


Cole is unhappy as he claims he struck a verbal agreement with Arsenal to let him go for £16m - but the Gunners never believed he would end up at Chelsea. http://www.sportsnews.com/

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auf deutsch:
Der FC Arsenal ist offenbar bereit, seinen Nationalverteidiger Ashley Cole, der den Verein unbedingt verlassen möchte, für weniger Geld abzugeben als ursprünglich angenommen.

Wie der "Mirror" schreibt, haben die Gunners ihre Ablöseforderung von rund 36,9 Millionen Euro auf ca. 29,5 Millionen zurückgeschraubt. Allerdings gilt diese Preisreduktion nicht für den FC Chelsea, da man bei Arsenal verhindern will, dass Cole zum amtierenden englischen Meister wechselt und ihn viel lieber ins Ausland verkaufen möchte.

Laut dem "Mirror" soll der AC Mailand der aussichtsreichste Kandidat für den Zuschlag des 25-jährigen Verteidigers sein.

Jep hatte keine lust und Zeit den test zu übsetzten...aber auch inter ist im Gespräch...hauptsache wenn er geht dann wenigsten nicht Chelsea.