Lampard To Inter Agreed For £7m

omgukilledkenny SG

The French paper says Lampard has signed a four-year contract with the Nerazzurri after a total of seven seasons of play at Stamford Bridge.

Lampard has been linked with a move to Inter Milan for several weeks now, following the appointment of Mourinho as the new boss of the Italian champions.

Mourinho has been relishing the prospect of reuniting with the England international, having coached him during his time at the helm of Chelsea.

France Football suggests that Lampard will be rewarded with an annual salary of 7.3 million euros at the Giuseppe Meazza.

The London-based club are now on the lookout for a creative midfielder to replace Lampard, with reports suggesting Luiz Felipe Scolari to have found his man under the form of Deco, who is on the transfer list at Barcelona.

youyayu SG

i won't belive this till i see it on ChelseaFC.com, Soccernet.com

dragg SG

why only 9 million?

omgukilledkenny SG

Following reports from France Football on Friday night that the deal for Lampard had been agreed between Inter and sellers Chelsea, it is now understood the England midfielder is travelling to Milan this weekend to undergo a medical.

According to Italian media sources, Lampard touched down in Positano last night and will be in Milan to sign the contract later today.

The details of the deal, so far as is known at this stage, are that Lampard will earn some 7.5 million euros per season over the lifetime of a four-year contract.

That would represent an estimated 2.5 million increase, more or less, from what he is on at Chelsea, who would received a 9 million euro transfer fee.

The relatively low size of the fee reflects the fact that Lampard only had one year left on his existing contract with the Blues.

The player has reportedly been keen to link up again with new Inter manager Jose Mourinho, with whom he struck up a strong working relationship at Stamford Bridge.

Speculation in Italy suggest that an agreement over Portuguese international Deco facilitated the Lampard transfer.

Apparently Inter, who like Chelsea wanted to sign Barcelona's midfielder, agreed to back out of the race for Deco, leaving the coast clear for Luiz Felipe Scolari to recruit him for his new Chelsea squad.

zocoss SG

If this news turns out to be true, I think its probably one of the silliest transfer deals this season... Replacing a seasoned epl campaigner like Lampard with a totally no epl experience and yet older in age Deco...

Actually all along i thought lampard just wanted a longer deal and eventually he will stay... But I guess Scolari probably had a hand in it... Guess he wants his own man rather than use Lampard...

Patrik SG

Actually all along i thought lampard just wanted a longer deal and eventually he will stay... But I guess Scolari probably had a hand in it... Guess he wants his own man rather than use Lampard...

Aint Deco and Lampard of the same age?

Both born in the year 1977?

sebosebo SG

9mil euros is how many pounds ar? quite little man.

zocoss SG

Aint Deco and Lampard of the same age?

Both born in the year 1977?

Lampard just turn 30 last week only while Deco will be 31 when the premiership starts... And apart from the 1 yr difference... Lampard still look much fitter than Deco. Deco don't seem like the type that track back or cover the pitch by running full 90 type...

zocoss SG

9mil euros is how many pounds ar? quite little man.

Around 7 million pounds lor...

Patrik SG

Ohh,so he is 1978.

Remember reading somewhere he was born in 1977.

My bad

Y_Shun SG

Chelsea better start sourcing for a younger, fitter, better and skilful midfielder......

zocoss SG

Frank Lampard is close to sealing a megabucks deal to join Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. The Chelsea midfielder had talks with the Italian giants yesterday and has agreed in principle to a four year deal worth £6million a year.

Chelsea can expect to receive a transfer fee in the region of £7m for the 30-year-old, who has one year left on his contract. Talks between Lampard and Milan will continue today but the player has told friends that, barring a last-minute hitch, he will join the Serie A champions.

He would be reunited with former Blues boss Mourinho, who took over at the San Siro last month. Lampard and Mourinho enjoyed a close relationship at Stamford Bridge, where they won league titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06, as well as the FA Cup and League Cup . Lampard has scored more than 100 goals for Chelsea since 2001.

I think this deal is true, cos its appearing in more and more different Sports web pages... Anyway, its not a done deal yet... But very likely and soon too if Chelsea don't act now...

zocoss SG

Ohh,so he is 1978.

Remember reading somewhere he was born in 1977.

My bad

No problem...

zocoss SG

Lampard has been linked with a move to Inter Milan for several weeks now, following the appointment of former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as the new boss of the Italian champions.

France Football claimed on Friday that Lampard had signed a four-year contract with Inter, worth €7.3m a year, and that the Nerazzurri would pay Chelsea a transfer fee of €9m.

This deal has not become official yet though, and there are reports emanating from Stamford Bridge that Chelsea are fighting tooth and nail to prevent the player from leaving.

Indeed it is even said that if Lampard refuses to sign a new contract in West London, Chelsea could decide to let the player rot in the reserves for a year until his contract expires in 2009. Lampard would then be able to leave on a Bosman transfer as he would be a free agent.

Inter have made the signing of a top class attacking midfielder their summer priority, and they are also believed to be on the verge of capturing FC Porto star Ricardo Quaresma.

redDUST SG

lampard is just another mercenery. inter can have him, and i am pretty sure inter won't win the serie a next year also.

zocoss SG

Winning Serie A shouldn't be too much of a problem lah... Already with the present players they can win it easily now they are adding a number of expensive purchase... Sure win, one horse race in Italy again...

gunner77 SG

lampard oh lampard

iceFatboy SG

Lampard is united with Mourinho who is able to harness his talents and transform him. so what is so wrong?

I would imagine Drogba, Joe Cole & RicardoC to leave too..

With Scholari, Lampard may have waited to hear/see what he got to say, but then, given his haste to settle this, may speak volumes of Scholari, already.

~b1RD_m4N~ SG

lampard is quite loyal to england and english football, same goes to joe cole, cant see him leaving Chelsea

youyayu SG

Lampard is united with Mourinho who is able to harness his talents and transform him. so what is so wrong?

I would imagine Drogba, Joe Cole & RicardoC to leave too..

With Scholari, Lampard may have waited to hear/see what he got to say, but then, given his haste to settle this, may speak volumes of Scholari, already.

big phil is just a brazil version of SAF LOL!!