Bieber 'wants to work with Cheryl Cole'

Justin Bieber says he wants to work with Cheryl Cole.

The 16-year-old, performing at this afternoon's Capital FM Summertime Ball, took to Twitter to post about Cole, who is also performing at the Wembley Stadium concert.

"just did an interview where they asked me if there was anyone i wanted to work with from the show's lineup...I said Cheryl Cole..of course (sic)" he wrote.

Bieber admitted he had only just found out that the 'Parachute' singer was single.

"I mean i heard Cheryl just became single...I mean aw cmon!! haha. Whatsup Cheryl? ;)"

The singer recently hit back at tabloid reports about his inappropriate behaviour.