The Real, Actual Joe Cole [Coventry City]

[Cormack74]

qpr clearly cannot claim to be skint as they have the likes of boswinga on the same contract as cole. I'd be surprised if we pay more than 50% of his wage.

and he'll want him too. mad ******* as you say.

Don't suppose anyone except the player and the club really know, but IIRC the rumours were that Boswinga is on a measly £65k.

[Tribute]

hmm Harry or west ham

...can't be a Jan picture that, or Harry would have been hanging out of the side window of his Range Rover...

[Chazza]

Daily Fail

West Ham are confident they can beat QPR to the permanent signing of Joe Cole from Liverpool, and want him back at Upton Park in time for the weekend FA Cup tie with Manchester United.

The midfielder has endured a torrid two and a half years since leaving Chelsea, and was farmed out on a season-long loan deal to Lille last season.

He returned with the hope of forcing himself into Brendan Rodgers' plans, but has once again fallen short of expectation.

Sources at Liverpool are hopeful a deal can be agreed for the severance from the 18 months left on Cole's £90,000-per-week deal. If West Ham want Cole to play this weekend, he must be registered by midday on Friday.

Last week, Harry Redknapp admitted his interest in luring the former England international to Loftus Road

I’ve got a lot of time for Joe as a player and as a person,' said Redknapp, of the player who have him his competitive debut in 1998. 'I’d like to bring Joe here if I can but the deal would have to be right for the club.

'We couldn’t do a deal as it [Cole’s wages] is at Liverpool. I’ll have to speak to Brendan Rodgers. We’ll have a chat when the time’s right.'

But now the Hammers, Cole's first club, have jumped ahead of their London rivals in the race for a player with 56 international caps to his name.

The No 26 shirt, worn by Cole during his time in east London is currently vacant in Sam Allardyce's squad.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...pool-flop.html

Saw it tweeted by Lee Clayton who is a big West Ham fan and their head of sport so might be some truth in it.

[Phoenix07]

I'm starting to despise these severance packages at the moment.

[Lee]

I'm starting to despise these severance packages at the moment.

I hope Redknapp gets a fine too. Blatant tapping up ffs.

[Glenn Hysen]

I hope Redknapp gets a fine too. Blatant tapping up ffs.

The ****ing nerve of 'Arry.

[Chazza]

LFCZA @LFCZA

Meanwhile the times also say that Qpr & West Ham will pay 'significant portion of Joe #Cole's £100k/week wages'. No matter where he ends up

[Mostar]

Either way we will need to subsidize some of his wages as neither club is able or willing to match his wages with us.

Not ideal but at this point it is all about damage control unless QPR decides to buy him due to WH interest.

[Leyton388]

Yes!

[ric.williams]

get rid by any means

[Leyton388]

The bodge effect still lingers at the club!

Jesus i still can't believe PFK use too play for us!

[Lee]

The bodge effect still lingers at the club!

Jesus cant i still can't believe PFK use too play for us!

And Luke Young turned us down.

[Tee]

And Luke Young turned us down.

And we were after Carlton Cole

[Leyton388]

Poulsen replaced mascherano!

What a ****ing fantastic midfielder mascherano was for us.

[Lee]

And we were after Carlton Cole

Many people should remember the dark days of Hicks, Gillett, Purslow and Hodgson before pissing and moaning now.