Injured Cole will be hit in the pocket

(GSM) – The Sun revealed on Saturday that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will fine Ashley Cole £200,000 for twice smuggling a girl into the team’s hotel on the eve of matches.

Now fresh revelations have emerged – that Cole had smuggled Ann Corbitt, an American local government worker, into his room at the team hotel in Seattle during the club’s summer tour of the United States. He then allegedly tried to cover it up and deliberately misled senior club officials to keep the incident from his wife, Cheryl.

Ashley Cole, 29, is also said to have convinced Chelsea head of communications Steve Atkins that this latest story was not true.

And now the club hierarchy is mortified to have discovered that he may have lied to the senior club official, who was then implicated in a cover-up aimed at stopping details appearing in the papers.

Cole is now set to be hauled before Blues chiefs to explain and could face further punishment.

Although Professional Footballers’ Association rules state the maximum fine for a player is two weeks’ wages, Chelsea will be able to fine him a large sum due to the number of misdemeanors.