AS Roma fullback Ashley Cole admits many Chelsea players did not want to play for former manager Andre Villas-Boas.
AVB lasted nine months at Stamford Bridge amid dressing room spats and disappointing results.
"There were some players who didn't want to work hard for Villas-Boas," Cole said. "But as soon as [Roberto] Di Matteo arrived, that all changed."
Cole, meanwhile, also revealed that his favourite England manager was the much-maligned Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"Eriksson allowed us to be ourselves," he said. "We enjoyed playing for England under him.
"At the time, the English media made us out to be the best in the world, but we rarely really were and that put us under excessive pressure."
