Both articles are by the Daily Mail

There were no heart-stopping moments for Joe Cole and Liverpool on Tuesday as the England midfielder gave the thumbs-up after passing his routine medical without a hitch.

The former Chelsea player flew out to join his new team-mates at the club’s pre-season training camp in Switzerland on Monday.



But Cole had to be put through his paces by Dr Peter Brukner, Liverpool’s head of sports medicine and sports science, before he could seal his £80,000-a-week move to Anfield.

And, as these pictures show, fans on the Kop could breathe a sigh of relief as the 28-year-old passed his medical with flying colours.



Liverpool supporters will no doubt be hoping Cole will have his finger on the pulse when they kick off the new Premier League against Arsenal at Anfield next month after the club’s disappointing campaign last season.



Meanwhile....

Loic Remy's hopes of joining Liverpool are in limbo as the Reds refuse to match West Ham's £12.5million bid for the France striker.

The Hammers own bid has been knocked back unless they stump up £7.5m up front rather than splitting payments over four years.

The 23-year-old would prefer to be part of Roy Hodgson's new-look Liverpool side, but respected French newspaper L'Equipe reports that an expected meeting between the Merseysiders and Nice has failed to materialise amid the Reds' reluctance to offer much more than £10m.



Nice have already been rebuffed interest at that level from Lyon and Remy has joined up with his current club's training camp at Megeve.

Arsenal have also tracked Remy and are considering whether to recruit another forward to replace Shakhtar Donetsk-bound Eduardo.

Remy's agent Frederic Guerra told skysports.com: 'A major club from the Premier League have contacted me about Loic. I have a meeting with the club tomorrow (Wednesday) and we will see what happens.

'Whatever happens Loic will be leaving Nice this summer and he has his heart set on England.'