Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed the club want to keep midfielder Joe Cole whose contract expires next year.
The 27-year-old has recently made his return to first team action after suffering a serious knee injury back in January and the Italian insisted the England international was very much part of the club’s future.
Cole is now expected to follow the likes of Alex and Salomon Kalou in extending his current deal at the club, and boost the Blues who are currently banned from signing new players until January 2011 due to the Gael Kakuta affair.
"We want to keep Joe Cole because he's in the same situation as Alex and [Saloman] Kalou," Ancelotti told the Premier League’s official website.
"They signed new contracts because they are good young players and we want to keep them in our squad.
"We want to maintain the squad because that will ensure it stays very competitive. We need these players for the future.
"They are young but are also experienced because they have played a lot of important games. The fact Alex and Kalou want to stay is a good sign for the club.
"Our aim is to maintain the squad and maybe change one or two players at the end of the season."
Cole had been linked with a number of clubs over the summer, including Tottenham Hotspur, although he now looks likely to remain at Stamford Bridge and the club he joined from West Ham United back in 2003.
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