The People (London, England)

Football: At least one Englishman thinks this kid's better than Bobby Moore ...; AND THAT MAN HAPPENS TO BE SIR GEOFF HURST.(Sport)

The People (London, England) | January 10, 1999 | Copyright

IT took Sir Geoff Hurst just 10 SECONDS to realise Joe Cole was destined to be a world-beater.

The England World Cup hero was fed up with hearing rave reports from other people about a 15-year-old kid who could dribble like Gazza, pass like Hoddle and break forward like Platini.

So the legend of '66 decided to do some under-cover work at West Ham's Chadwell Heath training ground. And it didn't take him long to discover he should believe the hype!

"Everyone at West Ham kept going on about this kid called Cole. The under-17s coach Peter Brabrook took me…

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