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'I was just in a deep, dark place after West Ham got relegated. I didn’t want to leave the house, feeling that I’d let people down' Joe Cole on the Hammers' improbable relegation
By Chris Nee published
Joe Cole tells FourFourTwo about the aftermath of West Ham United's relegation from the Premier League in 2003

‘Playing under Frank Lampard was strange. With little explanation I found myself out of the squad, so I decided to leave’ Pedro reveals why he called time on Chelsea spell
By Joe Donnohue published
Pedro spent five years at Stamford Bridge before leaving Chelsea to join AS Roma in 2020

‘I’ll stay out of Liam’s international future unless he ever wants my advice – then I’ll give it to him and him only’ Rory Delap on the guidance he gives his son Liam
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Stoke City star has two sons making their way in the professional game

‘Antonio Conte changed everything. He revolutionised football in England’ Pedro on Conte’s seismic impact at Chelsea
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Pedro was in his second season at Chelsea when the title-winning Italian arrived

How to watch Chelsea vs Aston Villa: Live stream and TV details for Premier League evening kick-off
By Matthew Holt published
Chelsea face Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening – here's how to watch the Premier League contest online and on TV, from anywhere.

'I was 31 before people started to ask me about the throw, I don’t know what I was good at before that, but it must have something!' Rory Delap explains how his throw-in morphed into a psychological assault in the Barclays era
By Chris Flanagan published
EXCLUSIVE The former javelin ace became a cult hero by rattling defences everywhere – he later spent time in a panic room in Israel before watching son Liam shine

‘At 16, a national newspaper front page said I was on £5,000 a week. It wasn’t true. It was very difficult to deal with and it really changed the course of my life. It attracted a different kind of attention’ Joe Cole on the ‘nonsense story’
By Chris Nee published
Former West Ham United starlet Joe Cole reveals a turbulent start to life as a professional footballer

‘I was leaving Chelsea a champion and I felt like I needed Manchester United on my CV. For me, United and Real Madrid are historically the two biggest clubs’ Red Devils hero on why he made the switch to Premier League rivals
By Chris Nee published
Former Manchester United star Nemanja Matic explains his notorious switch between Premier League giants

'Roman Abramovich came to speak to me after I’d had an argument with Jose Mourinho and put an official transfer request in. It was very unusual: he wanted to keep me' Joe Cole on dealing with Chelsea’s former owner
By Chris Nee published
Joe Cole reveals rift with Jose Mourinho during 'footballing heaven' Chelsea title season

'After Chelsea won the 2014/15 title, we were unofficially on holiday - then Jose gave us 40 days off. Players came back overweight - I remember seeing them and thinking, 'Oh, we’re in trouble…'' Nemanja Matic on Chelsea's horror title defence
By Chris Nee published
Premier League champions Chelsea finished 10th, leaving Leicester City to step up to the plate and win the title
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