Only a select few can lay claim to have been part of a club’s best-ever team, the standout selection that achieved the impossible, broke new ground or succeeded where others had failed. Ashley Cole did this not once but twice in his trophy-laden career, which he brought to an end this summer at the age of 38.

His next move will be to take his coaching badges, following in the footsteps of some of his high-profile team-mates down the years, but last week he was in Japan with the Blues, casting a close eye on how Frank Lampard’s squad is shaping up and enjoying life back inside the Chelsea family.

We caught up with him to discuss his glorious time as a Blue, having taken the role as a club ambassador on the trip.

Before joining us, Cole became an ‘Invincible’ with Arsenal in 2004, having already lifted the Double in 2002.

The England left-back made the bold move across London to Stamford Bridge in 2006, going on to lift every major English and European honour with Chelsea. This included playing some of the best football of his career as we secured a Double of our own in 2010 before playing a starring role on that night in Munich in 2012.

