Liverpool's out of favour midfielder Joe Cole will remain at Anfield despite links with a loan move to former club West Ham, Goal.com UK can reveal.
Cole has struggled to find form following his free transfer from Chelsea in the summer and is yet to feature under new Reds boss Kenny Dalglish.
The Hammers board have backed manager Avram Grant after Martin O'Neill rejected the chance to take the manager's job at Upton Park.
But Cole will not be rejoining the east London club in the current transfer window.
"He’s not going back to West Ham, there’s no chance of that happening. Certainly not now," a source close to the player told Goal.com UK.
"Joe’s not heard anything from Avram, or anyone else at West Ham for that matter. He’s focused on the job at Liverpool."
Former Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson lured Cole north with an £80,000-a-week deal and virtually guaranteed him regular first-team football.
However, Cole has, like many Liverpool players this season, failed to shine and must take his share of blame with the club sitting just four points above the relegation zone.
Cole has scored just one goal in 11 league appearances, the winner against Bolton in Hodgson’s penultimate game in charge.
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