Joe Cole shares incredible story of how he could have joined Spartak Moscow from Chelsea

Some large names arrived at Chelsea in Abramovich’s first 12 months because the membership’s proprietor. Aged simply 22, Cole would go on to play 50 video games in all competitions for the Blues that season, having a hand in 10 targets.

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But it could have been very totally different. Speaking overtly on Adebayo Akinfenwa’s Beast Mode On podcast, Cole explains how Chelsea wished him to affix Spartak Moscow on mortgage for his first 12 months at Chelsea.

Cole could have joined Spartak Moscow in his first season

The now-Chelsea legend says that, given the quantity of gamers being signed by Abramovich, Cole’s Dad was requested if his son wish to go on mortgage to the Russian giants. His Dad instantly turned it down.

“I’ll tell you a story, I don’t even know if this is out there. My Dad told me this years later, because it was a mental time. They’ve obviously gone, Veron can play there, we’ll get the best young players in England.

“Glen Johnson, Damien Duff, myself, no thought of where we’re going. So they said to my Dad, does he want to go on loan to Spartak Moscow? My Dad went, ‘he ain’t going on loan to Spartak Moscow’.

“My old man went, ‘he’ll be in your first team, don’t worry about that’. They spoke to my agent and said shall we tell him that. Because he’s signed now, and they said don’t say that. I played 50 times that year.”

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After clocking up 50 appearances in his first season for Chelsea, Cole would go on to play a whopping 282 instances in all competitions for the Blues. In that point, he was concerned in 86 targets for the Londoners.

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Three Premier League titles, two FA Cups, two League Cups, a Community Shield, and a painful defeat to Man United on penalties within the Champions League closing adopted. Cole is a modern-day Chelsea stalwart.

The 56-time England star would go on to affix Liverpool, Lille, Aston Villa, Coventry, after which Tampa Bay Rowdies as damage lastly caught up with him. He would possibly have been an icon in Russia, however for his Dad.

These days, of course, Cole is working as a pundit for TNT Sports and hosts a podcast alongside his previous Chelsea buddies Wayne Bridge and Carlton Cole. Often, Cole is seen as a spokesperson for Chelsea’s fans.