I think it was a few weeks ago Harry Redknapp said he was fairly sure Joe Cole had already signed for someone else (ie not Spurs). As soon as he said that, I just assumed with Redknapp's Pinnochio past that he would duly be signing for Spurs after the World Cup.
I remember someone telling me...
I don't see what he's done wrong. If you're playing hardball in any negotiations, you have to be ready to have your bluff called. It was called by Abramovich, Cole was ready to leave anyway, and backed himself to get a decent club and big money elsewhere, which he now will.
No harm in asking...