Cole's Kop deal…Cesc must stay

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They say money talks. Joe Cole has snubbed a move to the glorious Gunners and signed for Liverpool.
The 28-year-old England international was a free agent when he left Chelshit at the end of last season after failing to agree a new contract.
As we trumpeted on this site, we were told that he was offered big money to come to the Emirates but he has decided to go to join Roy Hodgson’s outfit and the enticing propsect of, er, Europa League football next season.
We stand by the info we were given at the time – the landscape changed but we were confident enough in our sources at the club to bring you news of the offer on the table. It wasn’t to be but we’ll continue to bring you breaking stories as and when they crop up.
Cole and has agreed terms on a four-year deal said to be worth nearly £90,000 a week at Anfield and he will undergo a medical in the next 48 hours.
Of course we could and should accuse him of being greedy but Sky pundit jamie Redknapp reckons the ex-West Ham star isn’t going for the dosh. He said: ‘From what I know, compared to other players in the Premier League now, he’s not being greedy at all. He just wants a good deal and rightfully so – he’s a free agent and he’s worked that situation nicely – but I know he’s not asking for anything astronomical, like what is being portrayed in the press.
‘He’s just looking for the right club and he needs to play football now. He missed a lot of time at Chelsea last season with his knee injury and didn’t quite get back to the level he showed previously.
‘He needs to go somewhere, be loved, and play football and get back to being the Joe Cole we all know.’
So we’ve missed out on Cole (would he have been any better than we have already got?) the next task is to redouble our efforts to keep a certain Spanish playmaker.
‘I think that Cesc will cost a lot,’ said Pep Guardiola in his first press conference of the pre-season. ‘We want him to come, but I understand that he is an important player to Arsenal and if they don’t want to negotiate, he won’t come.
‘I’m not optimistic or pessimistic and understand that Wenger wants to keep him from other teams in England and Madrid, who would also like him. He is a great player.’
Get to work on him, AW!