'I played for Liverpool and Chelsea - it's clear which is the biggest club in the country'

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Liverpool play host to Chelsea at Anfield on Saturday afternoon and one star who has represented both clubs has spoken about who he believes is the bigger clubJoe Cole may have spent the majority of his career at Chelsea, but he once dubbed Liverpool the "biggest club in the country." The 44-year-old winger broke through the youth ranks of West Ham in 1998 before making his way to west London in 2003.There, Cole etched his name into the annals of history with three Premier League titles and four domestic cups, racking up 39 goals and 47 assists from 282 appearances. Upon signing his four-year contract at Anfield, Cole said: "This is a massive club.READ MORE: I spoke to Cesc Fabregas last year - this is why he should be Chelsea's next manager"I tried to take everything out of the equation, take the financial and location side out and just thought in football terms.

I have played in London all my life."I could have stayed at Chelsea because the fans loved me and I won things, but I wanted to challenge myself and when I knew Liverpool were interested it was a no-brainer because they are the biggest club in the country."On his team-mates, Cole added: "I am excited about playing with Fernando [Torres] and obviously I know Stevie [Gerrard], Carra [ Jamie Carragher ] and Jonno [Glen Johnson] from the England set-up. He also managed just five goals and three assists in 42 appearances for the club.He later backtracked on his previous comments about Liverpool being the biggest club in the country, suggesting that an interviewer swayed his view upon making his way to Merseyside.

He explained in 2013: "When I joined, the guy interviewing me said, 'you've joined the biggest club in the country' and reeled off the trophies they'd won."I just said, 'yeah, if you put it like that, I suppose you're right' and Liverpool used that as the headline to the interview. I didn't want to upset anyone so I just went along with it."But obviously they're not the biggest club in the country any more.