Joe Cole has said that he still wants to be a success at Liverpool.
The 30-year-old moved to Lille on a season-long loan last summer following a disappointing start to his Anfield career.
The Ligue 1 club have now expressed their desire to keep him at the Stade Lille-Metropole, a proposition that the England international has not ruled out.
However, Cole said that he does not want his time on Merseyside to end in failure.
"When I signed for Liverpool, it startled me a bit," Cole told the Daily Mail. "I don't know if I felt the pressure but the city is so in love with football. It's a religion. If I go back, I will be more prepared for it this time.
"There is still a part of me that would really love to make it work there and I don't want to have a bad spell at Anfield on my CV, but it is out of my hands now.
"At the minute I can't rule anything in or out. We have got to speak to Liverpool and see what happens there."
Cole moved to Liverpool on a free transfer in 2010.
Michael Penkman
