The Telegraph is reporting that France Football is reporting that Frank Lampard has signed a four-year contract with Inter Milan. And they are. I have seen them reporting this. As proof, I can tell you that Lampard is apparently set to draw un salaire annuel de 7,3 ME, and also that the ancien coach des Blues, José Mourinho, has his eye on another of his protégés londoniens. But where Drogba is in all this remains a mystery.
This should be interesting. I like Lampard, and it’d be fun to have a high-profile English player in another European league. I just hope that clown Ibrahimović doesn’t get in the way of any of his 45-yard shots.
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by Brian Phillips · June 27, 2008
I hope this is utter bollocks and nothing else.Lampard in Italy,not a good mix in my imagination.
Well, it depends. How far do you trust plusieurs de Lampard’s proches?
I’m curious as to whether the clearly incorrect but also strangely suitable fat frank tag will follow him across the continent
Maybe the Italians will adopt a French translation.
I honestly can’t figure out what to make of this piece of news. It has all the hallmarks of pointless gossip, but then France Football isn’t as insubstantial a source as it’s being called on some Chelsea message boards right now. But then, why would it be true when it seems to make no sense?
We’ll see what happens. I know I’ve promised not to report transfer gossip, but this one was too odd (in substance, in provenance, in possible motivation) not to pass along.
Frank in Italy may point up how good he really is.
Curious how he & Cambiaso will blend.
Does Hans Lehmann remind anyone else of Willy Wanka at his maddest? Or the Mad Hatter? The guy is borderline lunatic.
Chelsea are denying that they’ve even received an offer for Lampard. Simultaneously, UK media sources are reporting that Italian media sources are reporting that he’s “touched down in Positano” to sign the contract. Simultaneously, the Gazzetta only seems to say that a deal is close, while Il Giorno doesn’t seem to mention it at all, at least on their website.
Since when did Positano have an airport? Is he traveling by hot air balloon?
You are a very wise man; there is no airport in Positano.
Well informed Italian sources (other than the soprascritto) are saying that the deal isn’t quite done, as Chelsea are still trying to shake a few more euros out of the Nerazzurri.
It also turns out to be the case that Lampard is in Sicily, and not the Almafitana.
Well, at least there’s an airport in Sicily. Although my sister, who lives there, would probably want me to add “…technically.”
I enjoyed this quote from today’s Telegraph piece on Lampard and Inter. This is a restaurant manager in Taormina reporting his conversation with Lamps about his Italian vacation:
“He said he was on a boat with his children, wife and babysitter and he was cruising around the coast but he couldn’t stop as he was being followed by photographers.”
If the Flying Dutchman myth was ever going to be updated for the twenty-first century…
How much is Frank Lampard really worth though? I had a look at player valuations. Check out:
http://footballssoul.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/state-of-the-game/
In any case, Mourinho is now saying that Lampard won’t be coming to Inter till next year. Could just be tactics (why did Chelsea buy Deco if they’re so set on keeping Lampard?) but I think it moves this story back into the realm of gossip.
Fooled by the French. I hate it when this happens!
Fooled once, Brian . . .
Don’t fall for Jose’s feint; it’s more than gossip.