Saturday, 23rd January 2010
Ahead of Chelsea’s FA Cup tie against Preston, Carlo Ancelotti has cleared up any doubt that Joe Cole could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge. Although the player, and Florent Malouda are sure to be rested at the weekend, the Italian manager clearly expects the 28-year-old Englishman to continue to play a big part in the club’s future.
"I don’t have any news on the contract of Joe Cole but he will stay at Chelsea next year,” Ancelotti said in The Guardian. “I’m 100% clear. The club want to keep him and he has told me he wants to stay. He’s a very important player.”
The crafty midfielder, who is on his seventh season with Chelsea, returned in September from a serious knee injury and has made nine appearances in the campaign so far. Although Cole has yet to rediscover the form that made him Chelsea’s Player of the Year in 2008, his trickery and creativity is highly regarded at Stamford Bridge.
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