{"id":537,"date":"2010-08-29T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/08\/29\/carlton-cole-the-final-piece-of-roys-jigsaw\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:39:27","slug":"carlton-cole-the-final-piece-of-roys-jigsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/08\/carlton-cole-the-final-piece-of-roys-jigsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"CARLTON COLE, THE FINAL PIECE OF ROY&#8217;S JIGSAW?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool will sign West Ham striker Carlton Cole today after the clubs agreed a \u00a310 million fee for the forward.<br \/>\nCole began his career at Chelsea in 2001, spending spells out on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa before being transferred to West Ham United in 2006. He made 19 England U21 appearances (scoring six goals), and made his full international debut for the England national football team on 11 February 2009 in a friendly match against Spain.<br \/>\nIt should prove to be a good bit of business for Liverpool manager as he looks to bolster his attack for the coming season.<br \/>\nThe former Chelsea player was sold to West Ham a couple of seasons ago and has been\u00a0a success at the hammers, scoring 10 goals in an injury-hit season.<br \/>\nCole should prove to be the perfect foil for Torres as he is quick and strong and has an eye for a goal.<br \/>\nWell done Roy Hodgson in getting a quality English forward into the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool will sign West Ham striker Carlton Cole today after the clubs agreed a \u00a310 million fee for the forward. 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