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Football on this day: Ashley Cole 'tapping up' saga leads to huge fines 15 years ago

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On this day 15 years ago, the Premier League handed out charges to those involved in Chelsea's illegal tapping up of Arsenal defender Ashley Cole.

Here, the PA news agency looks at both the background and fall-out from the incident. What led to the charge? Having established himself as first-choice left-back for Arsenal and England, Cole became a target for Jose Mourinho soon after the Portuguese had taken over at Stamford Bridge.

The guilty parties met at a hotel in January 2005 to discuss a move across London, without informing the Gunners. Mourinho and Cole were joined by Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon and Jonathan Barnett, the player's agent.

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