Chelsea legend Joe Cole has revealed how he could have joined Spartak Moscow.

Former Chelsea striker Joe Cole has shared information that he could end up at Spartak Moscow.

"I'll tell you a story, I don't even know if you know it. My dad told me this years later, because those were crazy times. It turns out the club had decided: 'Veron can play in the first team for now, and until then we'll take the best young players in the UK.' Glen Johnson, Damien Duff, me - we had no idea where we were going to start the season. And then they asked my dad: 'Does he want to go on loan to Spartak Moscow?' My dad said: 'He's not going on loan to Spartak Moscow.' My old man said: 'He's going to be in your first team, make no mistake about it.' They spoke to my agent and asked if they should tell him about it. But since the contract was already signed, they decided not to tell me. "I played 50 games that year," Cole said in an interview with Adebayo Akinfenwa's "Beast Mode On" podcast on YouTube.