Ashley Cole pledges future to Chelsea by signing one-year contract extension The England left-back's previous deal expired at the end of the season and, at one stage, he was expected to leave Stamford Bridge. However, the 32 year-old, who was linked with Real Madrid and Paris St Germain recently, has agreed fresh terms at the club he joined from Arsenal in 2006. Cole said: "I am pleased I will be starting my eighth season at Chelsea. I have been able to fulfil nearly all my ambitions at Chelsea. I have won the Champions League, the League, I have won FA Cups here but you don't want to stop winning trophies and being at a big club, you are always fighting to win a trophy. You never lose that hunger. I wanted to stay at Chelsea because we are always fighting and challenging for trophies. That desire and the will to want to win things have not gone.