Cole set for Chelsea as more stars promised

CHELSEA were last night poised to complete their fifth major summer signing after agreeing a £6.6million fee for Joe Cole with owner Roman Abramovich promising two more imminent high-profile transfers.

Cole was last night discussing personal terms with Chelsea with a view to following Glen Johnson and Frank Lampard from West Ham. The player's agent David Geiss said the deal should be tied up today in order to meet the deadline for Cole to play in Chelsea's Champions League qualifier against Slovakia's Zilina or Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Chelsea are looking to take their pre-season spending over the £43m mark by signing yet another highly promising young talent in the 21-year-old England international.