Joe Cole is fired up to stay at Chelsea, says Ray Wilkins

By Chris Hatherall Published: 11:00PM GMT 05 Mar 2010

Going nowhere: Chelsea partner physical education instructor Ray Wilkins is austere Joe Cole will stay at Stamford Bridge even though his stipulate expires in the summer Photo: REUTERS

Cole has been concerned in prolonged negotiations about a new stipulate but has still not concluded terms, only 3 months prior to his Chelsea understanding expires.

However, Wilkins has brushed off reports that the player, who outlayed 10 months out with a knee damage and has struggled to rediscover his tip form, is flourishing nervous with the incident and aroused of his long-term destiny underneath Carlo Ancelotti.

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"We"re unfortunate to keep Joe," pronounced Wilkins, vocalization forward of Sunday"s FA Cup quarter-final opposite Stoke in that Cole is approaching to play. "I know the bar are and we as a government organisation are. It"s a contractual incident that he and the bar will sort out, I"m sure.

"I wouldn"t have thought his form has been influenced by it, he"s only had a really prolonged lay-off and it"s never easy to come back.

"I"ve oral to Joe on countless occasions and he"s upbeat he knows he"ll spin it around. He loves Chelsea, he wants to stay at Chelsea."

Wilkins additionally changed to ease fears that Cole could miss out on a place at the World Cup after being left out of Fabio Capello"s patrol opposite Egypt this week.

"If he continues to work in the same capillary in precision and deliberation the diversion time he will get from right away on in I see no reason because he can"t do it," he said.

Chelsea"s preparations for Sunday"s tie at Stamford Bridge have been influenced by injuries with Petr Cech, Michael Essien, Ashley Cole, Yuri Zhirkov all ruled out and Michael Ballack and Juliano Belletti suspended.

Meanwhile the bar have been rocked by the loss of full-back Jose Bosingwa for the rest of the season. He had surgery on his left knee after pang the damage opposite Aston Villa in October. The twenty-seven year-old had returned to light precision but right away requires serve surgery. He will additionally miss the World Cup with Portugal.

Having lost their last dual matches opposite Manchester City and Inter Milan, both played opposite the backdrop of the John Terry tale off the representation and his unsure form on it, a little critics have referred to the group is on the verge of meltdown.

But Wilkins was at heedfulness to give a opposite impression, saying: "It is the initial week in Mar and nineteen alternative Premier League sides would rather be in the on all sides than theirs. We"re tip of the league, we"re in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and we"re still in the Champions League. We"re really gratified with the incident we find ourselves in.

"We lacked a bit of thoroughness opposite City and done errors, but that"s all. And as for John Terry we have no problems whatsoever with John. The ambience in the stay has been positively superb."

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