Roy Keane is making an amazing move to sign his old Manchester
United pal Andrew Cole and reunite him with Dwight Yorke.
And far-travelled Cole is prepared to take on the challenge at
Sunderland - although it will mean playing for the biggest enemy of
Newcastle, one of his favourite former clubs.
Stadium of Light chief Keane hopes to get his man on a free
transfer this weekend as Cole sorts out a severance payment with
Portsmouth after a miserable year under Fratton Park manager Harry
Redknapp when he was left on the sidelines.
Cole, who will be 36 in October, feels he still has a season or
more in the top flight left in him and he wants to go to Sunderland
to prove it. He may not be a regular starter, but his goals could
yet be vital in their survival fight.
It is an astonishing twist in the veteran marksman's career, but no
surprise as Keane has been looking to his former club for players
he knows and trusts - after signing Kieran Richardson and Paul
McShane, as well as Yorke. Ironically, Cole and Yorke had their
best times together as mates at United before teaming up, less
spectacularly, under Graeme Souness at Blackburn.
Keane has been throwing the cash around this summer, but this free
transfer could be one of the most remarkable of all of his
wheeler-dealings.
