Ashley Cole names his dream XI made up of ex-Arsenal and Chelsea team-mates after his Premier League Hall of Fame induction... as Frank Lampard and John Terry are in but there is no room for Arsenal invincible striker

Ashley Cole has named his dream XI consisting of his former Arsenal and Chelsea team-mates.

The left-back became the 22nd inductee into the Premier League Hall of Fame this week.

He is widely regarded as the best left-back in Premier League history, and was once seen as the best in his position in world football.

Following his induction, he has picked a team of the best stars he played with during his Premier League career.  

Cole managed to pick five players he played with from both Arsenal and Chelsea, while also giving himself the nod at left-back over Gael Clichy and Sylvinho.

Starting in goal, he selected Petr Cech, as he stated: 'I've played with David Seaman but Cech was at the time one of the best goalkeepers in the world. 

'He was calm, composed, a real goalkeeper. He had everything and he could everything. Also, he was a great team-mate.'

There was perhaps no surprise as to who he selected at centre-back, with John Terry and Sol Campbell selected over the likes of Ricardo Carvalho and Invincible winner Kolo Toure.

He described Campbell as a 'colossus at the back' but paid a glowing tribute to Terry.

Cole said: 'We had an amazing relationship. I played against him as a kid, districts and youth teams. And then to get to play alongside him and understand actually how good he was.

'He had everything. He could play left and right foot. There were moments where he'd just hook a ball away but he was the intelligent one where for a big guy he moved his frame. He would chest it down. We had a good understanding of each other.'

At right-back, he selected Branislav Ivanovic over Lauren stating that the Serbian was a man for the 'massive occasions' who scored 'important goals' for Chelsea.

Moving onto midfield, it was perhaps another easy selection as Patrick Vieira and Frank Lampard received the nod. Though there were some big names left out including Gilberto Silva, Claude Makelele, Michael Essien and Michael Ballack.

On Vieira, he said: 'He changed what midfielders looked like. He could beat players, he was strong, he was aggressive, he had great timing of his runs to get into the box. Scored important goals. A leader. Certainly a big influence in our dressing room.' 

Explaining his selection of Lampard, he added: 'The amount of goals he contributed from midfield. One of the all-time top scorers. Was he as technically good as other midfielders? Maybe not, but seeing him day in, day out he certainly made up for that with work ethic.'

There were some big name wingers who were left out of the team including Arjen Robben, Eden Hazard and Florent Malouda.

He instead opted for ex-Arsenal team-mates Freddie Ljungberg and Robert Pires.

Cole said Ljungberg 'changed the way we look at wingers' while also spoke of his 'great chemistry' with Pires.

He said: 'Freddie had the understanding to play inside as a midfielder, as an eight. He could do everything.

'But what I loved about him was his timing of his runs to always be in positions where he's facing the goal. And it's always like, 'How has he got there?! He's 1v1 with the goalie again.

'We (Cole and Pires) just had a great chemistry and a great understanding of how we wanted to play. I wanted to bomb on and run forward, he was happy to come inside off the line and shoot with his right foot. We just had a straight connection. He joined just as I was breaking through and we just hit it off straight away.' 

Perhaps the biggest absence in the team comes up top in the shape of Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp, as Cole instead chose Thierry Henry and Didier Drogba.

On Henry, he said: 'Do I need to say anything? He was a trailblazer and a new type of striker. Playing off the left.

'At times he liked to hug the left [wing] and make diagonal runs behind. We had little signals. I remember him looking at me, I'm on the ball in the left-back position and he would be, obviously body facing the goal to run, and he would give me like his little 'va-va-voom' eyes.

'I could see him pointing down and I knew that meant behind and I would just drive a little ball over the top. Even if it was overhit I knew he would continue his run and he's got the speed to get onto it. And then in front of goal I don't think there's too many strikers you'd want ahead of him.'

Explaining his selection of Drogba over Bergkamp he said: 'I'll give an honourable mention to Dennis Bergkamp. What he did in training and brought to the Premier League was phenomenal.

'But I've gone with Didier Drogba for the reason being I was with him and playing with him a long time, and again he turned up in massive games. Helped me win a lot of trophies.

'I've also seen the growth in him. When he first came to the Premier League and I played against him and he was a little at times maybe petulant with the fouls and not getting to grips with the Premier League and how rough it is. And then that was it.'

Cole played 228 times for boyhood club Arsenal, helping them win two titles and three FA Cups.

Cole then secured a controversial switch to Chelsea in 2006, where he featured 338 times.

At Stamford Bridge, he won a further title, four FA Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League.