Ashley Cole admits to being "naive and stupid" when he left Arsenal

Ashley Cole gave a rare glimpse of his infamous departure from Arsenal and admitted that he was "naive and stupid" at the time.

In his autobiography, the left-back wrote that he had nearly crushed his car when he discovered that Arsenal was willing to pay him only £ 55,000 a week .

Book 2006 My defense he said: "When I heard Jonathan Barnett repeat the figure of £ 55,000, I almost ran away and he (Arsenal manager David Dein) is attacking Jonathan!

"I shouted on the phone, I was so angry, I was shaking with anger, I could not believe what I had heard."

Cole barely touched the backlash that he received after his departure for Chelsea almost 13 years ago, but was open about his release, Monday Night Football.

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"I was young, naive, stupid, but it was something I felt I had to do," Cole said.

"The way I acted was a little stubborn at the time." I might have had to sit down with a few more people at the time and cross it with an icy head.

"I was a little lucid and I did not realize what I was doing at the time but I do not regret it.When I look back now, I think it was something that was maybe supposed to happen. "

About the abuses committed by the unfortunate fans of Arsenal who nicknamed him Cashley, he added: "It's still there.

"It hurts me because it was not only my fault, I did not leave for no reason, I did not go to see Arsene Wenger to say" today, I want to leave ". There was more than that.

"It happens in football and I see it happen to a lot of other players, it's life."

"I have evolved and they have evolved, but I sometimes feel a little sad because it was my club and I've been playing there since I was nine." Have that bad feeling on the part of the fans is always difficult sometimes. "