Lille boss Rudi Garcia today wished Joe Cole well for the future after revealing he expects the Liverpool midfielder to return to the club this summer.

Cole has spent this season on loan with the 2010-11 league champions, with whom he made 42 appearances and helped finish in the top three of the table.

"Joe Cole will stay at Liverpool," said Garcia.

"The new staff have decided to keep him. We will remember him very fondly as a player but also as a man."