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Benayoun On Way Back, Shame About Joe Cole

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Rumour has it Yossi Benayoun could make a return before the end of the season, with his recovery from an Achilles injury going better than expected.

We were a bit unlucky there, with the Israeli suffering the injury before we ever really got a chance to see what he could bring to Chelsea on a regular basis but Carlo Ancelotti now confirms “Yossi is starting to run after treatment. He’s starting to work individually, on the grass and in the sand. Everything is going well and I hope he will be ready before the end of the season.”

Mind you, you’d have to think we still did better out of that signing than Liverpool did with Joe Cole. When we signed Benayoun, we didn’t hail him as our biggest summer signing, nor did he talk about his ‘dream come true’. So, the fact that we’ve seen very little of him has almost gone unnoticed. The same can’t be said of Joe Cole’s absence from Liverpool, with our former midfielder already regarded a flop at Anfield.

Off he went to the ‘biggest club in the country’, to resurrect his career and fulfil his ‘dream’ following a lack of first team opportunities (and a bigger deal) at Chelsea and so far he’s reached the dizzy heights of 8 first team starts in the league.

Following a red card on his league debut, suspension and the predictable spells out injured, Joe Cole isn’t having the sort of impact he thought he would. Optimistic as ever though, the 29 year old insists “It’s not gone how I would have liked, but that’s life. Things like that happen and you’ve just got to push on through the difficult times. I’ve had plenty of good times in my career and I’ve had my share of difficult ones, but I’ll always come through. I’m determined to be a success here. I’m working hard every day and pleased we’re going in the right direction. If Liverpool can keep going, I’d love to be part of it. I haven’t enjoyed the football because I haven’t felt as though I have done myself justice or got myself right – I’ve been frustrated with the injuries, but that’s all going to change.

When I came up here I’d had offers in London, but I wanted to test myself, and to do that, you sometimes have to go through difficult times. I’m fired up, still positive and have still got enough energy – I want to be a success at Liverpool and I want to be part of this club. It still gets me excited when I go to Anfield. I haven’t played there for a long time, but I just want to get out there on the pitch and play. I’ll just keep going, keep training hard and it will turn the corner sooner rather than later.”

The thing with Cole though, is that he’s been saying the same sort of thing for years.

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