Lehmann: Gunners can cope
18 Aug 2006 - 07:17:10
Arsenal's veteran goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has backed the Gunners to cope with the probable exit of England left-back Ashley Cole in the near future.
Cole is set to leave the club after falling out with the Gunners hierarchy, but Germany international Lehmann says that the squad is equipped to cope.
Lehmann said: "We have lost Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires and Sol Campbell and maybe now Ashley, but the club has always had a good policy in changing.
"Dennis was a great player, but he did not play that much last season. It was the same as Sol, Ashley only played a few games and even Robert - he did not make every game last season.
"They are all big, big players and great players, but I think we have to cope with that.
"Of course, it will be a big loss because he is probably the best left-back in the world, but we coped with it last season and as a team you can do that."