Quick Cole deal expected
Stuart Pearce expects Andy Cole to sign his one-year contract extension ’fairly quickly’.
The 34-year-old striker is sidelined for the season with a knee injury but had already agreed a new deal in principle with Manchester City, which Pearce expects to be concluded shortly.
“Everything is agreed,” said Pearce.
“It is just a case of waiting for Andy to sign it. His agent has the paperwork but we expect it to be done fairly quickly.”
Although Cole will play no part in Saturday’s trip to Tottenham, Pearce hopes to have midfielder Claudio Reyna back from a shoulder injury and captain Sylvain Distin returns from suspension.
Meanwhile, Pearce has insisted he has received no recent contact from the Football Association over the England coaching job.
Pearce is thought to be one of the front-runners to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson, although Steve McClaren appears to have emerged as the favourite among the English-born contenders.
“I have heard nothing from the FA,” he said. “But then again, I wouldn’t say if I had.”
