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Sunday's Villa Press Talk Including Joe Cole Bid?

Press talk today suggests we are after Chelsea winger Joe Cole. Apparently Phil Scolari is looking to sign Robinho, that alongside the arrival of Deco could well put the England international out in the cold and the papers are saying that MON would be willing to stump up the £10million (others apparently say £16m) needed to attract Cole, who has just two years left on his contract.

The Sunday Mercury are linking Villa with Rangers 26-year-old defender Carlos Cuellar after the Scottish giants early European exit.

Also in the Mercury is a link to £2.5million rated Czech midfielder Jaroslav Plasil who currently plays for Spanish club Osasuna. Fulham are also apparently interested.

The rest of the talk is about Barry and we've covered that in a separate article!

Joe Cole? Hmmm, yes please. Then a striker if you would be so kind and then watch the season take off!




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Writer: J P Fear Mail feedback, articles or suggestions

Date:Sunday August 10 2008

Time: 9:54AM

Your Comments

Yes Joe cole, De la Red and Santa Cruz please. Sort it out MON if you need some cash I am sure the Vital Villians would chip in!
Tez86
I imagine Joe Cole is on a lot of salery. No way is this true.
ThirtyOne
Tez what about Johnson, Cole, Santa Cruz... Let's keep the English flow going eh, i would say Defoe instead of Santa Cruz but MON buggered that up in Jan.
Villa 4 Ever
Joe Cole?! Now that would be a great signing if it were true!
tonybrum
Yea I would take Johnson as well he did us in last season and is a exciting prospect. I am not too bothered whether we keep buying young english talent I would hate it to put off other foriegn players or even claims of MON being racist lol?! Agree with thirtyone though Cole would be on a massive salary and is a London boy would he take a drop as Sidders has? I am not so sure.
Tez86
Friedel, L.Young, Shorey, Laursen, Davies, Cole, Barry, Sidwell, A.Young, Carew, S.Cruz. Top 4??? Maybe... Just maybe....
DeanoVilla
Some nice links today, eh guys? I see it unlikely that we'd bid for Joe Cole though, for the wage issue already mentioned. However nice and exciting it would be to see him at VP I just don't see it happening. Cuellar is a bit more realistic, and that would make for some interesting competition at centre-back, we'd have three top quality players there in Davies, Laursen and the addition of Cuellar. Oh, and three and a half quality players, sorry, I forgot Knight.
Mayo_12
YESSSS!!! THESE ARE THE RUMOURS I WANT!!! NOT LEE NAYLOR or JUSTIN HOYTE!!!
Plasil, De La Red, Santa Cruz, Joe Cole, Cuellar, Ferreira, Joe Mattock, COME ON!!!
holte_ender8
Jo Cole is awesome. He'd be brilliant at VP
leelindsay
Can't see the cole rumour being true. It's only since we signed a few players that we're being linked with anyone that someone with the remotest imagination can conjur up. He'd be too expensive and provide too little impact.
johnnyuk
Cannot believe for a second that MON is in for Joe Cole. He may be a good player but he's not MON's type of player and he sure wouldn't fit into the wage structure at VP. IN the Sunday Times Joe Lovejoy does his pre-season stuff on all the Premier League teams; the Villa write-up is particularly snarky, ill-informed and ignorant. Anyone else seen it? I knew Lovejoy was a prat but until today I didn't realise he was in the pocket (or up the arse) of the Big Four as much as he seems to be. Won't be listening to him again; *****.
AllanW
Joe Cole is not for sale..whats with the papers now days???!!
essientric
Lets put in a cheeky bid for Henry. Surely he'll never go to Man Utd?
Adam Deuce
personally i cannot believe that MON is not looking at swp..he will suit MON perfectly..also bullard!!
essientric
we just need to find 80k a week now to pay his wages
DO'L
like i said on the transfer thread.. the joe cole thing is a word for word rip off of a supporter comment of a website... lazy bloody journos...
aussie_villan
joe cole. de la red. santa cruz and cuellar yes please thats it for me i would take that if im honest
ruddy
What a difference a week makes, two decent defenders and a slip of the tongue by the general and we're gonna sign everybody, call me cynical but.......
Stourbridge Villan
This would be amazing. A real 'marquee' signing as the Mirror have put it. Dean Ashton aswell please MON, and maybe little Sean for good measure then we will actually be fielding the England team!
olafthegreat
THink some would have said the same about Ashley Young at one point AllanW? MON has got to adapt to his new position at a big PL club and I'm sure he will do. That would mean big name players surely?
The Fear
agree with what youre saying Fear,but Joe Cole come on.Newspaper rubbish.
Pking
Well Fear I don't think the comparison holds up; we all knew MON was looking for wingers when we signed Young so it was no surprise. Are we looking for someone to play 'in the hole' right now? I don't htink so with the way MON has us playing. The wages are a major difference; Young is NOT the highest paid at the club and didn't become the highest when he signed. Cole would bust our top salary by a long way which would create all sorts of tensions within the squad. Plus it would put pressure on MON to play Cole as much as possible to justify the investment. I don't think it's anything more than speculative moonshine, myself :)
AllanW
Would be a good buy even at £15mill; more so if Barry goes to Arsenal or Man U.
villacross
What a buy that would be. Cole is awsome. Probably the most skillful England players i have seen for years. Bring it on MON!
bellywipes
If we're serious about signing real quality from some of our competitors, then at some point MON is going to have to deal with the whole wage structure thing....if we really want to progress then Gareth Barry should not forever be our top paid player......
YatesyVillain
Joe Cole wouldn't come to us, simple as.
AstonMartinOneill
Would love to see Joe Cole at the villa but cant really see it happening.He is 26 coming to the peak of his career and will want to play champions league football but at least it shows we are moving in the rite direction being linked with players like him.I think SWP would be a more realistic target and wouldn't upset the wage structure.Bullard and Nolan would be good additions too.
Mr A Villa
have info from inside the club we have indeed put a bid in for joe cole,but that dosen,t really mean anything you can lodge a bid with any1 for a player,wheather they accept it is another thing.must admit would like to see the rangers centre half at villa now he is a class act
super lionel martin
If this does turn out to be turn and I mean IF and we were to get him and possibly RSC from blackburn, what the hell will Barry be thinking, what direction does he go, stay with the next top 4 team or move the the team who will finish 5 this season!!!!!
pksandell
on a different note it looks like pompey have been lucky enough to beat us to the signing of kaboul :) thank god for that, centre half is a place where errors are punished.pompey now have kaboul and sol (my boots have lead soles) campbell. personally i think they'll struggle to make top half this season. specially playin route 1 upto crouchy al the time!
rhymez1
Mr Villa, Nolan and Bullard are good choices, should be purchaseable for relatively little, i've often commented on how Nolan is far and away Boltons best player. Regarding Joe Cole; he strikes me as the type of player who might want regular football over high wages (i know, somthing of a rarity in this age) and may be prepared to take a wage cut. If so he would be a bargain at £10m.
NorthcliffeBandit
Also the Times predicted us 7th and Pompey 6th next season! I suspect not, given thier poor performance today...Furthermore, Everton are having a troubled pre-season to say the least, Blackburn have got a tool in charge (i saw him managing MK Dons last season from the kop at Bradford City and his behavior was embarassing) who sells thier best players (Friedal, Bentley, RSC?), whilst Man City's chairman has had his assets frozen and fails to deliver on his promises. Thier problems are worse than ours (thanks to the new full-backs)!!! Only us and Spurs to challenge for 5th hopefully, and spurs have a lot of ground to make up on last season!
NorthcliffeBandit
I hate to say it but at the tail end of last season Spuds looked quite impressive. I'm hoping that the wholesale changes and the unproven players (in the prem) will mean a lack of cohesion this time around and by the time they get it together it will be too late for them as it was last season.
Villan Of The North
Spurs have looked real impressive in pre-season. I think last season was a blip for them and we'll do well to keep up with them. IF we brought in a quality striker, center back and right winger I could see that battle for 5th being real tasty. (maybe even 4th...depends on which scouse team turns out this season)
johnnyuk
I like Joe, but I cant imagine MON breaking the bank for him. I still think he would more likely go for the younger and more mouldable SWP. There is no smoke without fire, but there has never been any indication that Cole is a player that MON is overly keen on. Personally I would prefer Ashley Young any day, and I think that either SWP or Aaron Lennon, or my favourite choice, "Marko Marin" from Mönchengladbach would fit in better to our dressing room, be more mouldable by MON and most importantly, be willing to come to us and stay with us!
villa_de
Joe Cole would be great. He is great and yet still very underestimated. Can you imagine trying to defend both him and Ashley Young? Still, I can't believe Chelsea would let him go. He was in my opinion their best player last year.
attila11101
Why do people thing Cole would play on the left or right? He's best position is centre mid/behind the front 2, creating and scoring goals. If we keep Barry, I can see MON moving him to the left, young to the right and having Reo or Sidwell with Cole or De Le red. Perfect mix. Nothing worse than a winder having to get back on their favoured foot before crossing/shooting.
In MON we trust!
we wont play barry on the left, his best place is centre mid. maybe 3 accross the midfield, carew upfont on his own with gabby and ashley either side. that is of course with no new singnings. p.s. any teams out there interested in petrov??? plz!
rhymez1
I want Joe Cole more than I want to get rid of these herpes that's been bothering me!
los_angeles_villan
joke : ). But seriously, I would kill for Joe Cole.
los_angeles_villan
Cant see anything in the Cole rumour, that's never going to happen. I expect him to sign a new deal with Chelsea shortly. Wasn't he one of their top performers last season?
glensider
We definitely need another striker, but I've no idea where we could conjure one up from. What about that Jerome guy at Brummagem? I think he looks promising, but needs to be around better quality players to progress and develop.
glensider
yes and the fans player of the season.
The Fear
You might have to kill for Joe Cole los_angeles_villan. I should start with Phil Scholari!
glensider
Never heard of this Jaroslav Plasil character. Anybody out there know anything about him? Have to admit, european footballers are not really my forte, I stick with the home-based crowd.
glensider
 

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