Darts fans spot Gerwyn Price ‘going full Ashley Cole’ in promo photo for Premier League launch

GERWYN PRICE has darts fans successful hysterics aft inadvertently "doing an Ashley Cole" successful a squad photo.

The Welshman, 39, was pictured on with the remainder of this season's formed of Premier League darts.

Fans person reacted to the representation connected social media arsenic they person spotted the akin airs to that of arguably the Prem's best-ever left-back Cole.

The former Chelsea and Arsenal defender had a akin stance successful his squad photograph erstwhile helium was astatine Roma successful 2014.

Price's airs seems much accidental if anything, but fans are drafting comparisons.

One wrote connected X: "A coagulated effort from Gerwyn Price astatine recreating the celebrated Ashley Cole squad photograph astatine the Premier League media day."

A 2nd said: "Gerwyn 'Cole' Price".

A 3rd added: "Price doing his champion football subordinate impression."

Another replied: "Price is lasting connected the broadside arsenic if helium wants to spell consecutive location again."

While 1 much joked: "Price looks similar WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar."

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Another idiosyncratic enactment a cut-out of Price's caput implicit erstwhile England manager Cole's body.

Meanwhile, Price was contentiously picked arsenic 1 of 2 wildcards, alongside Nathan Aspinall, this year.

Despite mediocre 2024 seasons, critics person argued that their enactment was partially owed to their signifier beingness and popularity with fans.

Mike De Decker didn't mince words, branding his exclusion arsenic "scandalous" and arguing that neither Price nor Aspinall merited their places.

But satellite No.9 Price has admitted helium rediscovered his emotion for darts successful clip to diagnostic successful the tournament, which kicks disconnected tonight.

During his sticky spell, Price had suggested helium would snub immoderate invitation to the tourney to absorption connected himself.

The Iceman told talkSPORT: "Like I said I had clip off, not that I wanted to.

"I had a small spot of a break, I missed retired connected the Grand Slam not qualifying for that.

"I don't deliberation there's immoderate unit connected maine anymore. When you're satellite fig 1 erstwhile you're astatine the apical of the tree, you privation to enactment there."

He started disconnected 2025 with a bang, finishing runner-up to Stephen Bunting astatine the Bahrain Darts Masters, aft beating Luke Littler successful the quarter-finals.

Price is simply a erstwhile satellite champion, having clinched the PDC World Championship successful 2021.

He has besides been victorious successful the World Grand Prix, the World Series of Darts Finals twice, and has won 3 Grand Slam of Darts titles.

He is acceptable to vie successful the Premier League against Nathan Dobey connected Thursday.