Joe Cole has expressed his admiration for Lille coach Rudi Garcia and revealed that working under the Frenchman has prompted him to consider a career in management himself. Cole is on a season-long loan at the French champions from Liverpool and despite his considerable experience, the 29-year-old said he has learnt a great deal from Garcia on the training pitch. "When I was playing at Liverpool or elsewhere, sometimes you'd ask yourself why the other team had so much possession against you," the midfielder said in an interview published in today's edition of sports daily L'Equipe. "In the England team, we had [Steven] Gerrard, [Frank] Lampard, [David] Beckham, [Wayne] Rooney and we were playing against, for example, Macedonia, and they had 60 per cent of possession against us. And we didn't know why. "For me, it depends on the way the team is put together. The way that Rudi instructs the team has opened my eyes about playing high up the pitch, with the fullbacks pushing up and the movement of the central midfielders and the defenders. "When you look at the relationship between [Florent] Balmont and [Mathieu] Debuchy, it's very fluid. But it doesn't just happen like that. You have to work on movement and that way of attacking. It makes me want to become a coach, even if I hope that that doesn't happen for a while. But maybe I'd be rubbish!"
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