Chelsea Legends star explains what went wrong at Liverpool after transfer flop

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Joe Cole has confessed his absence of emotional attachment to Liverpool meant he ought never to have joined the club following his departure from Chelsea. He remarked 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." Speaking about his media obligations when joining the club, he was informed by the interviewer that he was signing for the biggest club in England - a view Cole conceded he believed was incorrect. "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 recalled.

"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 had a choice between Liverpool or Spurs because Arsenal pulled out and I just couldn't go to Spurs," he continued.