QPR boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he would love to bring out-of-favour midfielder Joe Cole to the club in January, but only if a cut-price deal can be struck with Liverpool.
The Hoops are currently rock bottom of the Premier League, eight points adrift of safety and are strong favourites for the drop.
But Redknapp has highlighted Cole, to whom he gave his first-team debut as a youngster at West Ham, as a player who can help transform Rangers’ fortunes, but insists the deal must be right for both parties.
‘I have got a lot of time for Joe as a player and a person,’ said the QPR boss. ‘He is a good lad to have around your football club – a good player.
‘I would like to bring Joe here if we could but the deal has to be right for the club.’
Redknapp recently hit out at QPR’s high-earning players and criticized his predecessor Mark Hughes for his free-spending attitude, saying the club’s owners previously had their ‘pants taken down’ with inflated transfer fees and agent costs.
But the former Spurs manager insisted that wouldn’t be the case with Cole, who is reportedly receiving around £100,000-a-week at Anfield.
‘We couldn’t do a deal for what his contract is at Liverpool. We would have to look at doing a deal with Liverpool if they are willing to let him go,’ Redknapp added.
‘I will have to speak to [Liverpool manager] Brendan (Rodgers) when the time is right and see what he has to say.’
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