Ashley Cole's agent Jonathan Barnett has claimed that the left-back would have stayed at Arsenal "100%" had the club not gone back on their word. The 34-year-old, who is a free agent after leaving Roma in the summer, controversially joined Chelsea on transfer deadline day in 2006. The former England international made the switch for a £5m fee and Barnett was eventually fined £100,000 and suspended from all football activity for 18 months for his role in the alleged 'tapping up' saga. In an interview with The Guardian, the football agent said: "I think I made mistakes, but I also think I was harshly treated. I was made a scapegoat, because it goes on all the time. "If...
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