<table style="width: 157px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="157" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/jul/cole.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Joe Cole</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Liverpool's record goalscorer Ian Rush believes the club's signing of England midfielder Joe Cole's has more significance than just bolstering Roy Hodgson's squad as it is a key marker in the battle to keep Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.<br /><br />Rush feels it has enhanced Hodgson's reputation even before a ball has been kicked.<br /><br />"Liverpool might not have been successful as we would have liked to have been recently but this shows we can still attract top names, whether that's an England international or a foreign international," Rush said.<br /><br />"We've got a great new manager in Roy Hodgson and he knows what he wants and he can talk these players into signing for our club. This is the signing supporters wanted and it's a big boost for them. I think this sends a sign out to Liverpool supporters that the club do mean business," he added.<br /><br />The former Chelsea star has agreed personal terms on a four-year contract and will undergo a medical over the next two days.

Liverpool's record goalscorer Ian Rush believes the club's signing of England midfielder Joe Cole's has more significance than just bolstering Roy Hodgson's squad as it is a key marker in the battle to keep Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres

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