Chelsea's Cole asks his WAG to be his wife

The England star crouched on one knee at the weekend with a £50,000 ring to pop the question to his lover of two years.

Cole asked Carly to marry him at their Surrey mansion, following a meal at The Ivy on Friday night, in which a cut on his cheek was visible. To celebrate he played his favourite band, Oasis, before they announced the news to their two pet bulldogs.

A source revealed: "Joe is over the moon, he is so in love with Carly and reckons that her saying yes is the best thing that has ever happened to him.

"They will be engaged for at least six months, so it is likely they will marry at the end of next year's football season. They are both very, very excited."

Joe, 25, and Carly celebrated their engagement with Cole's Chelsea team-mates last night at an end-of-Premiership season party in Brinkley's bar, Chelsea. Carly, 24, was so happy she was in tears.

After Brinkley's, the boys ended up in Regent Street's Paper nightclub, where they were joined by Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe.

He had cut short his own engagement party in Hatfield, where guests included team-mates Aaron Lennon, Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Jermaine Jenas and Dimitar Berbatov.

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Defoe then celebrated his engagement to WAGs' Boutique star Charlotte Mears by splashing out £8,500 on champagne and cocktails all by himself.

West Ham, however, celebrated securing their Premiership survival by spending £10,000 on Dom Perignon and Cristal champagne - and spraying it over fellow clubbers.

The team were glad to relax after a tough season.

They only avoided relegation with a 1-0 victory at Manchester United yesterday. Our spy said: "The captain, Nigel Reo-Coker, led the way and was ordering the champagne five bottles at a time.

Needless to say, spirits were high and the lads were just relieved that they will be playing in the Premiership again next season.

"They had flown in from Manchester especially for the party, so were determined to enjoy it. The champers just kept coming, although a lot of it was sprayed into the crowd as the boys let their hair down."