Real Zaragoza's free summer signing Jermaine Pennant has lauded the ability of former Arsenal team-mate Ashley Cole, claiming the England international is the best full-back he has come up against.
After an extended settling-in period at Chelsea, last season Cole began to display the imperious overlapping form he showed at the Gunners, and was duly awarded the fans' Player of the Year. He has begun this campaign in an equally eyebrow-raising fashion, by contributing to the Blues' attacking play as well as keeping things tight at the back.
Pennant has praised his compatriot, although the former Liverpool winger - who played a starring role in the 2007 Champions League final against AC Milan - bizarrely compared Cole's playing style to that of a "rat".
"Ashley is probably the best left-back I have played against," the 26-year-old proclaimed to the People. "He is so annoying - like a little rat.
"You think you have got past him and there he is in front of you again. As soon as me and him cross the white line we lose that friendship, but it would be great to be back in a squad with him," said Pennant.
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