#INSERT type:image caption:Andy Cole says he knew he was on 'borrowed time' with Kevin Keegan after missing the Wimbledon tie. END#
Former Newcastle striker Andy Cole has told ITV that his relationship with manager Kevin Keegan suffered when he missed a cup game for the club after complaining of tiredness.
Cole sat out a Coca-Cola Cup third round defeat at Wimbledon in 1993, and explained to the TV channel's Sports Life Stories programme he believed that had changed things between him and Keegan.
The ex-forward, now 43, explained: "I felt so tired, and I couldn't get myself going.
"He [Keegan] said: 'Don't you fancy it today?' So I said to him: 'No, I don't fancy it today.' So he said: 'Well if you don't fancy it, you can do one.' So I said: 'OK, not a problem to me,' and I just walked off."
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Recalling the incident, Keegan said: "We went to play the game -- no Andy Cole -- and we lost, and we go in Friday for training because we've got a game on Saturday.
"Andy poked his head round [the door] and just said: 'Gaffer, what do I do now?' I said: 'I'll tell you what to do -- you go out, you train properly and if I think you are fit enough I will put you in the team tomorrow.'
"He came out, he trained properly and I put him in the team. I think he scored a goal, I think he may have scored two, and it was forgotten."
But Cole said he had known at that moment that his relationship with Keegan was "never the same... I knew it was a bit of borrowed time."
He was sold to Manchester United in January 1995, and also told ITV he had been made to feel "small" by a perceived snub from Teddy Sheringham.
Cole played alongside Sheringham at Old Trafford for four years, but the pair did not talk to each other following an incident on England duty.
As he made his England debut from the bench in a 0-0 friendly draw with Uruguay in 1995, replacing the then-Tottenham forward, he felt the lack of acknowledgement from Sheringham was disrespectful.