Of course, this now means Cole misses the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland. But alas, England’s most popular Swede has re-assuring words for the public:
“We have a lot of options including (Jamie) Carragher, Phil Neville, Stephen Warnock and Kieran Richardson who is playing there for Manchester United at the moment.”
So a centre back and the lesser Neville brother are England’s saviours on a left side that’s already lacking a true winger. Outstanding.