Liverpool’s Joe Cole happy with his pre-season and aims for breakthrough next campaign – EPL News
Out of favour http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 midfielder Joe Cole has expressed his contentment over his pre-season form with the Reds. The English midfielder is determined to fight for a first team place at Anfield for the upcoming 2011/12 Barclays Premier League season.
Cole joined Liverpool from Chelsea on a Bosman transfer last season. However, the English midfielder failed to impress and played a bit role at the Merseyside club.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Malaysia-c2949 XI.
Cole is happy with his performances on the Asian tour and is determined to keep his impressive form going into the upcoming Barclays Premier League season.
The Reds midfielder told the reporters, “I've been happy with my performances.”
The 29-year-old midfielder has claimed that he is fully fit and is desperately waiting for the next season to start. Cole admitted that he is satisfied with his performances in the pre-season friendlies, but admitted that more playing time is required to
regain peak form.
“Now I just want to get started. I feel great physically, I'm happy with how I'm performing and I want to get a couple of 90-minute run-outs under my belt.”
Cole is determined to fight hard to earn a starting berth in Dalglish’s squad ahead of new signings http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-Henderson-c19102. Liverpool will kick-off their league campaign August 13, 2011, and Cole has claimed that he will keep
on working hard until the start of the term.
“There are four weeks until the start of the Premier League so there's still some time to go. I'm enjoying it. I want to take it day by day. Training has been good. I want to get myself fit and get a little bit better every day.” He concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Cole-c18694 scored twice in 20 Premier League matches last season. Liverpool have plethora of options in midfield and will be looking to offload Cole, one of the top earners at the club, in order to reduce the wage bill.
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