Cole gets full-time role as an England national coach

Ashley Cole has been fixed a full-time domiciled arsenic a nationalist coach pinch nan Football Association.

The erstwhile England left-back has been supporting interim head Lee Carsley, serving arsenic an adjunct pinch nan elder England men's team.

The 43-year-old Cole, who won 107 caps for England, had been combining nan work pinch his domiciled arsenic first-team coach astatine Birmingham City.

The erstwhile Arsenal and Chelsea left-back will now solely activity crossed nan England men's subordinate pathway and, successful nan interim, will proceed to support Carsley, nan FA said.

Cole joined nan FA connected a part-time ground successful July 2021 to support Carsley pinch nan men's under-21s, and they helped England triumph past year's U21 European Championship successful Georgia.

Cole played for nan Three Lions from 2001 to 2014, including astatine 5 awesome tournaments, and won 3 Premier League titles successful his career, positive nan 2012 Champions League pinch Chelsea.