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[Eagle]

Lille boss still wants Cole

Lille coach Rudi Garcia says he would like to keep on-loan Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole for another season.

Cole has returned to parent-club Liverpool after spending the 2011-12 campaign with the Ligue 1 side.

Any permanent deal is complicated by the fact that the Reds are currently without a manager since sacking Kenny Dalglish last week.

But Garcia is keen to strike a deal for the England international, who scored four goals in 27 appearances for his Lille team.

"From a sporting angle we would like to keep him," said Garcia, who is resigned to losing his Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard.

"But he does not belong to us and he has not discussed matters with Liverpool.

"It is a very fluid situation. The only certainty for the moment is that he is returning to Liverpool, the club to which he belongs."

Cole joined the Reds on a four year contract in 2010 on a free transfer from Chelsea but failed to impress in his first season and was sent out on loan by then-manager Dalglish.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... wants-Cole

[devaney]

My understanding is that we are still paying a massive chunk of his wages. Does anybody know if that is still the case?

[woof woof !]

If the loan period to Lille is now finished Devaney I think it's safe to assume we're back  paying all of his wages. 

[Boocity]

Wants to come back, reckons he has unfinished business at Liverpool

[Reg]

My *****, he just wants his outrageous wage to continue.

The sooner he goes the better.

[mart]

My *****, he just wants his outrageous wage to continue.

The sooner he goes the better.

I doubt he is leaving before his contract is up.

[Reg]

My *****, he just wants his outrageous wage to continue.

The sooner he goes the better.

I doubt he is leaving before his contract is up.

Of course not, who else would that daft salary?

The only post missing from this thread is 'He's gone'. Until then, nowt to say.

[Benny The Noon]

Truely awful signing - said so at the time and can remember the ***** I got from the normal sources who claimed he was a excellent signing

[Eagle]

Gold doubts Cole return

West Ham co-chairman David Gold has played down suggestions Joe Cole could make a 'romantic' return to Upton Park this summer.

Liverpool midfielder Cole's future looks set to be discussed again this summer following the end of a season-long loan at French club Lille.

The 30-year-old insists he has unfinished business at Anfield amid speculation linking him with a second spell at the recently-promoted Hammers.

However, Gold is unsure whether boss Sam Allardyce is interested in Cole as he plots their return to the Premier League next season.

Busy

"It's going to be a busy summer," Gold said. "Joe Cole moving to West Ham would be a fantastic and romantic thing to happen but I would be very, very surprised.

"He didn't come up on Sam Allardyce's list of players he wants to sign a couple of months ago.

"Whether that's still the case, only time will tell."

Cole made 150 appearances for the East London club before leaving for Chelsea in a £6.6m deal in August 2003.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... ole-return

[stmichael]

can see him ending up at QPR.

[woof woof !]

can see him ending up at QPR.

Hmmmm, West Ham back in the prem .   

[Thommo's perm]

Wants to come back, reckons he has unfinished business at Liverpool

Just heard that on Granada reports

[andy_g]

Wants to come back, reckons he has unfinished business at Liverpool

Just heard that on Granada reports

yeah, he's still waiting for gerrard to explain why he thinks he's better than messi.

[Thommo's perm]

Wants to come back, reckons he has unfinished business at Liverpool

Just heard that on Granada reports

yeah, he's still waiting for gerrard to explain why he thinks he's better than messi.

To be fair Messi has lost it

[ste1977]

Lille sound like they want to keep him. I doubt we will stand in his or their way if they want to take him for another season. Unless the new manager likes his type of player that is.