Roman’s empire keeps expanding as Chelsealand Cole and Veron

JOE COLE last night completed his move to Chelsea with Juan Sebastian Veron poised to follow suit today.

Chelsea were involved in talks with both players over personal terms yesterday after agreeing fees of £15m and £6.6m respectively with Manchester United and West Ham.

Cole became the first of the pair to put pen to paper having agreed terms and passed a medical, with Chelsea confident of completing the Veron deal today in time for both to be eligible for next week’s Champions League final qualifying round.