Marseile striker Loic Remy is still keen on realising a dream move to the English Premier League despite signing for the Ligue 1 champions earlier this summer.

The newly minted French international had attracted strong summer interest from Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham United before the former Nice strker eventually completed a €15 million (£13.1m) move to Marseille.

Much of the failure to land up in England was due to the fact that Nice had only received acceptable offers from West Ham and Stoke, two clubs that Remy was not interested in joining as the striker preferred to join a club that could offer him Champions League football.

Spurs came closest to meeting that from England shores but they failed to agree a fee with Nice, while manager Harry Redknapp suffered from cold feet after failing to offloand Robbie Keane to free up more space for an additional striker.

Remy has since impressed with Marseille and also for France, with his first international goal coming earlier this month against Romania in a Euro 2012 qualifier. The player’s agent, Frederic Guerra, has iterated his client’s desire to one day play in the Premier League.

Guerra said: “Remy still has a dream to play in England and I am certain he will be a very good player in English football.

“He had many options in England in the summer – there were four or five clubs who wanted him – but he was happy to sign for Marseille.

“I think he had to make a decision for his whole career and that means staying in France for another year or two years.

“Every time I watch him he reminds me of Thierry Henry, he has excellent characteristics. He is quick, skilful and he can score many goals. He can be a huge success in the Premier League.

“When he next has a transfer I think he will go to a top club on a high level – that it was we hope for.”

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Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole has admitted that he is playing poorly for his new club but believes that he has the right people around him to help him improve and push the club onwards.

The 28-year-old was manager Roy Hodgson’s first signing and was viewed as a masterstroke by many fans at the time and key to solving the lack of creativity in the centre of the team. However, the former Chelsea star has suffered a torrid start to his Reds career and is still struggling to impress.

Cole was then sent off in his first Premier League game for the Anfield giants and has since disappeared into obscurity as he toils amidst the crisis enveloping the club currently.

The midfielder’s poor form continued against Everton in the Merseyside derby on Sunday which left the Reds struggling in 19th place.

“I have never had a period like this before,” said Cole.

“I need to find my form somehow. I need to do a lot better, but I’m only looking at myself, no-one else.

“I am desperate to do well for Liverpool and, every minute of every day, I am thinking about how I can get there. I know I’m not playing well. I expect a lot better of myself, but at least I am at a club who are going to help me through it.”

However, Cole insists that the manager has the fullest support from the team, despite their record of just one win in eight games.

“We are right behind the manager. We all believe in the team and in the club.” Cole added.

“We have just got to stick together. We are doing a lot of things right but we have got to cut out what we’re doing wrong.

“It’s disappointing to lose such a big game [against Everton] but in these situations, the worst thing you can do is start pointing fingers at each other. We have got to look at ourselves. We have got to do better.”

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