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AS Roma left-back Ashley Cole shows support for his former club

After eight years in West London the former England international left English football for Serie A this summer and joined Roma.

Yet Cole hasn’t forgotten about the success he enjoyed at the Bridge and tweeted a picture of himself watching his former side’s league opener with Burnley on Monday.