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\"Chelsea's Sturridge scored eight goals in 12 appearances last term<\/span> <\/p>\n

Ashley Cole has backed Daniel Sturridge to have a big impact at Chelsea next season following a successful loan spell at Bolton.<\/p>\n

Sturridge fired in eight goals in 12 appearances for the Trotters during the second half of the 2010\/11 season.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old has now returned to Stamford Bridge and Cole has backed him to perform if he gets the chance.<\/p>\n

“I saw Daniel Sturridge recently and look at what he has done at Bolton,” Cole told the club’s website.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen him in training and he’s honestly one of the hardest players I’ve ever had to mark. His movement is unreal.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully when he comes back next season he’ll see more opportunities and bang goals in for us like he has done for Bolton.”<\/p>\n

Sturridge’s opportunities will be limited as Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres and Nicolas Anelka are established in the Blues set-up.<\/p>\n

But with Drogba’s future at the club uncertain, Torres failing to hit his stride last term, and a question mark over who will replace former manager Carlo Ancelotti, Sturridge’s fine form for Owen Coyle’s team puts him in the mix.<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea's Cole backs Sturridge to make an impact at Chelsea<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea failed to sustain a title challenge in the league last season under former boss Carlo Ancelotti and lost to Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Despite ending the season without a trophy, Cole refused to be too downhearted about his side’s performance last term.<\/p>\n

“At the start of the season we played some good football, some sexy football to be fair,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Blackpool at home in that first half was special, but it’s been a tough season.<\/p>\n

“When we had that crazy, not even a blip, an unheard of period for any team, everyone wrote us off and rightly so.<\/p>\n

“But give us credit for coming back and it’s an achievement to come second in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

“That said, though, we feel as though we should be winning and we want to win, but second is not bad in this league.”<\/p>\n

Speaking about his own future at the club, Cole thinks he can manage a recurring left ankle injury and continue for at least three more years.<\/p>\n

“I don’t feel 30. We train with a lot of young players and they make you feel young. I feel good,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I feel healthy and fit, so I hope to keep going for a few more years, though it’s hard to say how long.<\/p>\n

“I do have a bad ankle and it’s not something which just goes away so I have to manage it and take it season by season.<\/p>\n

“But if I look now and say how I feel, I know I’ve definitely got three years.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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