Joe Cole has astonishingly claimed that he ‘learned more tactically’ under Rudi Garcia during his spell at Lille, than he did from working with Jose Mourinho or Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.
Cole spent the 2011/12 campaign with the Ligue 1 club on a season’s loan from Liverpool, whom he joined on a free transfer the previous summer.
The 40-year-old undoubtedly enjoyed the most successful period of his career at Stamford Bridge; where he won three Premier League titles under managerial greats Mourinho and Ancelotti.
