Joe Cole expects to open new contract talks with Chelsea next month.
The Guardian says Cole has spent the summer largely at the club's Cobham base – a brief honeymoon aside – as he steps up his rehabilitation from the knee injury sustained in January. He ruptured a cruciate ligament but the player is hopeful he will be fit enough to take part in the club's pre-season tour of the US, which starts in three weeks.
Cole is expected to open talks on a new contract – he has a year to run on his deal.