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Roberto Di Matteo has confirmed Chelsea will take disciplinary action against Ashley Cole for a tweet he directed at senior members of the Football Association.

Cole, 31, was forced to apologise to the FA on Friday after labelling them a "bunch of t***s'' for accusing him of "evolving" his statement supporting John Terry's defence against the charge he racially abused Anton Ferdinand.

The former Arsenal man, who is England's most capped full-back of all time, had appeared in danger of burning his bridges with the national team after the comments but he swiftly issued an apology for his comments.

Cole said: "I had just finished training and saw the captions on the TV screens in the treatment rooms about what was said in the FA commission ruling about me.

"I was really upset and tweeted my feelings in the heat of the moment. I apologise unreservedly for my comment about the FA."

Cole's apology is unlikely to appease either the FA or his club and Chelsea boss Di Matteo has stressed that the left-back will be disciplined, while an FA charge is also expected in the coming days.

"We've got a social media policy at the club and there's going to be a disciplinary process - action - against the tweet and that's how I'll leave it," Di Matteo said.

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