Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray has said there is a chance that Joe Cole might come back to City on loan in October after the midfielder's season with Tampa Bay Rowdies ends.
Cole will join Tampa Bay in the next couple of weeks and met Mowbray yesterday to discuss next season.
Speaking about Cole to the Coventry Telegraph, City boss Tony Mowbray said: “Joe’s going to join Tampa Bay and it might happen pretty quickly if he can get international clearance etc.
“I would have liked to have kept Joe who I think has proven his fitness and worth to the team. He’s a fantastic character around our building – no airs and graces, not looking for favours or extra days off.
“He’s a top guy and he has shown his football ability. It’s come probably a little bit late in the day that I have felt as if I could trust him to play in the centre of midfield alongside John Fleck and not worry too much about having a combative Vincelot-type character breaking it up and winning headers.
“I think Joe can help us control football matches but he’s made his decision for his family, I think, and we wish him well because he’s been fantastic for our dressing room and this football club.
“He’s indicated to me that when their season finishes in October that he might come back here because there’s a window of opportunity for him to come back on loan.
“I said that would be great but it will be dependent on how many loans we have got at that time, of course, so let’s see what happens.
“It could be October to February. Let’s wait and see how he does, if he stays fit.”
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