{"id":6624,"date":"2026-05-09T23:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:30:17","slug":"joe-cole-suggests-two-veteran-chelsea-signings-for-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6624","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cole suggests two veteran Chelsea signings for this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Joe Cole has suggested some pretty spicy moves from Chelsea to get their team back on track after a bad year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Joe Cole did an exclusive interview with the Sun yesterday where the former Chelsea winger gave some interesting thoughts about what he thought his old club were doing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that veterans could be brought in on free transfers to<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think of experienced players who can come into the squad and help out immediately. So you\u2019re looking at who\u2019s available, I\u2019m thinking players like John Stones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLewandowski, he\u2019s coming to the end of his contract, we need a centre forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably fancies the Premier League and living in London, give him a year-long contract to come and play 35 games for us and help out Liam Delap and help out Joao Pedro. They need those types of players.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea\u2019s model could benefit from Cole\u2019s suggestion<\/h2>\n<p>It would be a huge pivot from the club\u2019s current model, but giving how badly that model is doing right now, maybe it\u2019s worth a try. Certainly free transfers only have a small risk financially, and if they can help the players around them improve and help get the team into the top four, they would definitely be worth it.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>In the same interview, Cole suggested Jose Mourinho as the \u201cbest choice\u201d for new Chelsea manager.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are set to compete with Crystal Palace for two of their top manager targets it seems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Joe Cole<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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