Joe Cole interests Wenger

(GSM) – Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea’s Joe Cole is an ‘interesting target’. Cole’s contract at Stamford Bridge expires in the summer and he will be able to move away from Chelsea as his contract talks had fallen through.

Manchester United, Tottenham and West Ham have all been linked to the England winger. Meanwhile Wenger realizes that Cole’s status as a free agent would be tempting, but does not believe that adding creativity to his midfield is a priority.

“Joe Cole is an interesting target, but do I have enough players in those positions? We shall see,” said Wenger in the Daily Star Sunday.

The Arsenal manager sees the likes of Alex Song, Abou Diaby and Denilson means he no longer has to worry about finding ‘the new Patrick Vieira’.

He added: “First of all I must say that no matter how much money you spend to find a Patrick Vieira [it is hard to do]. Since I am in England, I hear ‘this is the new Patrick Vieira’ when a guy is tall and strong.

“But I believe strongly that our midfield are developing very well with Song, Diaby and Denilson because they are young, very young, but different to Patrick Vieira.

“I believe in them because if you compare them two years ago and this year they are tremendously improved and if they continue to play together, especially with Fabregas, they have a good understanding.

“I believe the midfield was not a problem this year because we created so many chances from midfield and we dominated nearly all the games in midfield. I don’t think we had a big problem in there. I believe we had a problem of efficiency defensively.”