Joe Cole signs for Liverpool

[Kunta Kintay]

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-n ... n-joe-cole

Liverpool FC are delighted to confirm the signing of Joe Cole on a four-year deal.

The England midfielder has agreed personal terms with the Reds and will undergo a medical in the next 48 hours.

Cole becomes the club's second signing of the summer after Milan Jovanovic.

The 28-year-old arrives from Chelsea, where he won three league titles and two FA Cups during a seven-year spell.

He is a product of the West Ham youth system and has represented his country 56 times, scoring 10 goals in the process.

[Kitchimo]

You win the battle of the post whores.

[Red-4-Life]

shit i got close!

[Kunta Kintay]

Beat him by a minute
Number 7 to be finally worn now?

[El Capitano]

Joe Cole, Torres and Gerrard... The treatment table at Liverpool is gonna get a workout.

What do the Chel$ki scum think of Joe Cole now?

[Kunta Kintay]

C'mon El Capitano what's the bet Joe says that we were the club he supported as a boy?
Hahahah I love it. We effectively swapped Yossi for Cole.

[BTAC]

FUCCCCKKKK YEAH.
Love Joe Cole. I'm over the moon that we've signed him.

[Red-4-Life]

good replacement for Benayoun thats for sure

[vertu1]

38 game season , if you get more than half out of him you will have done well
but i guess with his passing ability he should be good alongside Torres

he can pass him the chips , pass him the beer , pass him the match program ...

[El Capitano]

38 game season , if you get more than half out of him you will have done well
but i guess with his passing ability he should be good alongside Torres

he can pass him the chips , pass him the beer , pass him the match program ...

Haha.
You can add that dud Aquillani to the treatment bench list.

[Jay Walking]

From Foxsports.com.au

England midfielder Joe Cole joins Liverpool on four-year contract
From correspondents in Liverpool, England.
July 19, 2010 .England midfielder Joe Cole has joined Liverpool on a four-year contract from Premier League rivals Chelsea, the Anfield club announced on Monday.

Cole, 28, has agreed personal terms with the Reds and will undergo a medical in the next 48 hours.

He becomes the club's second pre-season signing after Milan Jovanovic and is set to join a Liverpool team now being managed by ex-Fulham boss Roy Hodgson.

Cole won three Premier League titles and two FA Cups during a seven-year spell with Chelsea.

He made his name with Chelsea's London rivals West Ham and has scored 10 goals in 56 England appearances.

Cole claimed unspecified "political rather than footballing reasons" had led to his departure from Chelsea back in June, but he insisted manager Carlo Ancelotti had nothing to do with it.

"It is not financial and it is nothing to do with Carlo," he said at the time.

"I love Carlo. I think he is a top guy and a top manager.

"I loved my time at Chelsea, I love the fans but it is a story for another day and I will tell it but now is not the time."

Having been on the bench for much of England's lacklustre World Cup campaign, Cole laid down his conditions to potential suitors while still in South Africa.

"Next season I want to have a fantastic season for England and whatever club I am at," said Cole.

"The next contract -- it will be a footballing decision. I want to play in a more central position and I want a manager who has faith in me."

Cole fills the creative midfield role vacated by Yossi Benayoun, who joined Chelsea two weeks ago.

Tottenham Hotspur, whose manager Harry Redknapp nurtured Cole's early career at West Ham, and north London rivals Arsenal were also reported to be interested in the midfielder.

But even though Arsenal finished third last season and Tottenham fourth, Cole has joined a Liverpool team who could only end the Premier League campaign in seventh place and who haven't won the English title since 1990.

[Jay Walking]

Good signing by Liverpool.

[Litmanen]

Joe Cole, Torres and Gerrard... The treatment table at Liverpool is gonna get a workout.

What do the Chel$ki scum think of Joe Cole now?

Hard to say how he's going to go as yet, he didn't have a great return, and didn't get much of a run in the World cup.

The other thing i don't understand is where he'll fit in.

Doesn't Dirk Shite play on the right wing?

[The Kop]

Great deal, good business.

Swapped Cole for Benayoun. Both players probs on par in terms of ability (and injury proneness) but Cole 2 years younger and we got 5.5m from the Chavs to boot!

[ozzie owl]

Good signing for the Reds, is it enough for Torres and Gerrard to stay?

[povman_2009]

Torres and Gerrard have nowhere to go ....

[BTAC]

Still buzzing about this signing

[Outlaw 2.0]

Great deal, good business.

Swapped Cole for Benayoun. Both players probs on par in terms of ability (and injury proneness) but Cole 2 years younger and we got 5.5m from the Chavs to boot!

Could not have put it better myself

[Judge Judy]

We're gonna win the league. Easy.

[cole_trickle]

yep

[nachoman]

disappointed
wish he had stayed at chelsea but he will get more game time at liverpool

[the_gun]

good signing but liverpool will still suck