Rémi Garde has admitted Aston Villa are considering the idea of bringing Ashley Cole to Aston Villa.
Cole is currently out of favour at Roma and has not played for the Italian club, whom he joined in July 2014 after a glittering time at Chelsea, since last season.
The 35-year-old’s contract expires at the end of the current Serie A campaign and Garde is looking to exploit that by bringing him to the Premier League’s bottom side during the January transfer window. Villa are also in need of a left-back as a result of the season-ending cruciate knee ligament injury suffered by Jordan Amavi last month.
“Every good player is interesting for me and Ashley is a good player,” said Garde, the Villa manager. “He is someone who has experience but he didn’t play for a while now. Experience is also something we need. I will speak soon with the club and I’m already working on the January window. We know what we want to do.”
Villa host another of Cole’s former clubs, Arsenal, on Sunday.
