"He´s here! Here´s there!

By dixon9
January 17 2009

Joe Cole has had surgery on ruptured cruciate ligaments this morning and consequently ruled out for the remainder of the season. Joe picked up the knee injury in midweek in the FA Cup match against Southend after an innocuous tackle and after appearing to have recovered, collapsed on the pitch just minutes later whilst preparing to try and pass a defender.

Joe hasn’t been in the best of form this season but was still capable of producing key moments to help the team score at any given time. 

Luiz Felipe Scolari said:  

"I am very sad for Joe to have suffered this injury and I am disappointed to have lost a very important player." 

Chelsea captain John Terry also spoke on the blow for the team and Cole:  

"We're all behind Coley to get fit as soon as possible. He's going to be a big miss for us and I keep on saying he's the one who really opens things up in tight moments."

Cole will now miss England's World Cup qualifier with Ukraine, the friendlies with Spain and Slovakia and possibly the qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra in June. 

This isn’t the first serious injury for Cole.  He missed almost an entire season a few years ago and had to bite the bullet and work patiently in the gym – something he said he would never want to go through again. 

We wish him the fastest recovery possible.

Now of course, it will be interesting to see if the club plump for a replacement in the January transfer market or Kalou to be given more of a run out.  Scolari also has what would be popular with the fans back-up with youngsters such as Stoch and Kakuta.

Joe Cole OUT for the Rest of the Season

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17/01/2009 17:29

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4everaspur
17/01/2009 17:45

Bad luck for Cole, he deserves better.

WHAT ABOUT TERRY "INJURED" BEFORE THE GAME. IS HE OFF TO CITEH? 40 MIL IS THE RUMOUR... WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

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dixon9
17/01/2009 18:31

Back spasm apparently.

Physio should sort it out.



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Since 66
17/01/2009 20:50

JT wrote his notes in todays programme before the news broke about Joey being out for the rest of the season.

JT said "We're all behind Coley to get fit as soon as possible.

"He's going to be a big miss for us, and I keep on saying he's the one who really opens things up in the tight moments.

"He did it again and Wednesday against Southend. What a pass he produced for Sala's goal.

"We're all gutted for him and we know how much it means to him to be playing. No one will be more hurt at missing games through injury.

"But one thing we all know is that he'll work just as hard off the pitch to get fit as he does on it."



GET FIT SOON JOEY



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carefree
18/01/2009 09:43

Big big loss,as he was just getting back to full match fitness.See you at the charity shield Joe.

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