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Lampard Signs New Contract | Lampard Interview

Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 11:26 Posted by A

Lampard's contract talks and Mourinho's tatcics to lure the midfiledler away was a topic of much speculation for about two months. Yesterday the Club made an announcement declaring that Frank Lampard has signed a new five-year deal which will keep him at the club until 2013.

Lampard was a offered a 4 year deal at first as his contract was due to expire at the end of the 2008/09 season. But Frank wanted a five year contract and remained adamant about it, a stand which earned him no friends except in Milan. The Official site says Lampard's dedication to the Club is unquestionable, and the fans surely saw glimpses of that. Glimpses of something that said a lot about dedication and loyalty to the Club, something that will require a lot more badge-kissing if it is to be healed.

I don't know why the Lampard contract renewal was material for 'World Exclusive' when Cech's or Essien's contract renewal were just ordinary affairs of the Club. Didn't Essien too have good relations with Mourinho? But we never saw him using that as a smokescreen for getting a new contract. Maybe the Club feels Frank is bigger than them, but no amounts of badge-kissing will make the fans accept that. But having said all that, Frank Lampard is still one of my favorite players and will remain so. Lets take a look at his interview after he signed the new contract.




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Nithin 17p · 868 weeks ago

Lampard may be a very good player, but no way does he deserve to be the highest paid player in the League. Anyway, Chelsea now have 4 players at the top of the highest paid players list; they're spending quite a bit on wages, huh? I still can't understand what Shevchenko is doing at #3 on that list. ;-)
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Aravind · 868 weeks ago

Shevchenko is on top of the list because when that contract was signed, he was worth that amount. Lampard certainly doesn't deserve to be highest paid in the league,. Now I guess he will have to do very well to justify his salary. Which in a way would be a motivation to perform better, and also could be added pressure on the player, from a negative point of view.
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tanujlakhina9 29p · 868 weeks ago

I frankly think he deserves the highly paid tag because how many other midfielders create that many goals for you and score as well.
And show you that much determination and be an inspirational figure by scoring a penalty after just 3 days of your family members' demise.That speaks a lot about his character and how much he loves Chelsea.
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Aravind · 868 weeks ago

Yeah.. I didn't say we don't need Frank. Frank and Terry are present-day Chelsea icons. But all the transfer talk could have been avoided. There was no need to make the fans and Club suffer just after we lost major trophies after being agonizingly close.
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tanujlakhina9 29p · 868 weeks ago

I don't think considering your future for different challenges and looking for a better future is a bad thing.
I mean you would do it in your place so why not football players?
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Aravind · 868 weeks ago

You must know Lampard already had a contract available for four years. He was just using the Inter interest just as a smoke-screen. Anyway we never would now what actually happened, so can't blame anyone really.

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