'I wish I'd never signed for Liverpool - I never had connection like I did at Chelsea'

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After spending seven years at Chelsea, Joe Cole swapped London for Liverpool in 2010 but the ex-England star admitted he made the wrong decisionJoe Cole admitted his lack of connection with Liverpool meant he should never have joined the club after leaving Chelsea. He played just 42 games for the club before making a return to West Ham in 2013.It was after re-signing for the Hammers that the former England international, 43, revealed joining Liverpool in the first place was a mistake because he lacked the passion to represent the Premier League giants.He said at the time: "I can only play for teams that I'm passionate about and I think that's what went wrong for me at Liverpool.

I didn't feel a connection with the club or the place that I had at Chelsea and West Ham."Discussing his media duties upon joining the club, he was told by the interviewer he was joining the biggest country in England - a sentiment Cole admitted he thought was false. "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," he explained.READ MORE: Jamie Carragher tells Arsenal and Liverpool one thing that can prove pivotal in title raceREAD MORE: Ian Rush's new life and model fiancee's anger over age gap claim"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.

During his 2024 appearance on The Obi One Podcast, hosted by ex-Chelsea team-mate John Obi Mikel, Cole revealed his horror knee injury in 2009 meant he was never the same player again for the rest of his career.He said: "I was never the same player after that. "I had a choice between Liverpool or Spurs because Arsenal pulled out and I just couldn’t go to Spurs," he continued."If I could have my time again, I would probably go, ‘No, you know what, wait.’ And I’d have gone abroad, somewhere hot, because playing in the heat actually helped my knee."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.