Lampard Rejects Chinese Offer

well said Munich Glory...Im quite Frankly fed up with this FL debacle...why do we have to discuss it everyday? Drogba was recently voted the Greatest player in chelsea's history and we didnt get all the media/fans lad de dah around his exit. The chelsea board will decide and thats it. Anyone that doesnt like the decision either way can go suck a lemon. I am happy for Frank to be here for 1 or 2 more years if the board feels it aligns with their strategy. if they want to be bring in Isco in the Summer and feel that Lamps staying on will slow down the bedding down of the new team, then thats what management do, make decisions...

@JohnnyOz. Do u have an idea or a hint about the Drogba situation? I don't think so,If you did you would know Drogba wanted to leave Chelsea and felt it was time for him to quit,the Club wanted him to stay but he felt it was right to leave on a high,which is totally understandable. In contrast Lamps wants to stay,and I'm pretty sure he'll take a pay cut,its not about money for Frank its pretty obvious.

I know Drogba was offered a two year contract after we won the Champions league final. That final was a week after the EPL ended i think. We are 4 or 5 months away from the end of the season so why all the furore..? Some peps need to wake up and smell the coffee...

The unfortunate experiences of both Drogs and Nico in China have done severe damage to the credibility of the Chinese league. Lamps has one of the highest recorded IQs of any player in the BPL..he is no fool..it would be very unwise of him to head to China..if it were all about the money he would head to the middle east where their word is their bond and they would pay him a kings ransom to come. It clearly is not about the money for him. Some people here apparently out of hate or spite for the guy keep trying to compare apples and oranges. Cole has been offered a contract by CFC..he declined it and is of speaking to other teams...no problem with that. Drogs was offered a one year contract...he wanted a two year deal and so declined it and moved on..no problem. Lamps has been offered no contract at all. He is on record as offering to take as much as a 100k per week pay cut but was told he is not getting any contract offer under any circumstance. Roman owns the club and it is his prerogrative to do as he pleases with it but please people should stop writing lies that suggest lamps is trying to fleece the club of money or has refused what he has been offered..he has been offered nothing in point of fact. Considering his significant others love for England and their young kids the two major options i see for him are of to MLS or taking a deal with another BPL club like United..i doubt he will go to any club in continental europe where he would have to learn a new language, change the kids schools etc. Mls is very attractive as their annual schedule means he can spend substantive times in England while playing there when many other major leagues in Europe are on vacation.

@Johnny. Good thing you remember its a different scenario compared to the Lampard situation that's what i was trying to point out. If Drogba had wanted to stay and the Club refused to hand him a contract renewal and felt he was surplus to requirement fans would have been aggravated by the boards decision as well. “To stay here was not a question of money, as people claimed. I’ve always been happy with what I have here with contracts and my family were happy. "It’s not like they don’t want me any more. We sat down all together and the boss [Roman Abramovich], Ron Gourlay [chief executive] and everyone on the board respected my decision. I know what I did for them and they know what they did for me. “I will take time to make the right decision. My wife and I will go and relax a bit, even though there are national team games. I won’t play for another English club. I owe too much allegiance to Chelsea." Do i feel Lamps still has a lot to offer this club on and off the pitch? Yes.

To me Lamps' continued moaning to the media about his contract situation, suggests that he was the insider who was constantly leaking team unrest to the media during the AVB era. Perhaps that could be the reason the club has refused to renew his contract. Maybe...

No one here knows what has been offered or not offered or how much of a paycut Frank is willing to take...All we know is all the goorish gobbledy gook we have been force-fed by the media in the last few months...It is all pure speculation and Frank has not helped the matter by announcing to the whole world that the board have not sat with him to discuss his contract (and of course he chooses the day he scores a brace against Everton to make this announcement...Like i've said before Frank is my favourite Chelsea player but i like to be objective and he is dividing the club at the moment....he has also done this before in 2008/09 when he was haggling for a new contract...I like that saying fool me once, shame on me but fool me twice....no sir! Let the board decide the direction of the club - imagine if that decision had to be taken on this forum re whether or not to keep Frank, there would never be a solution...Over to you Sir Roman..

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all haters feck you all...lampard is not a dirty dog that you need to decidr on putting down...he is our legend...the one turned to and continue to turn...he has changed his game but still no respect...i will remind each and everyone of you of how valuable lamps is...when the time is right.

Lampard doing it week in and week out at the highest level? Wth penalties or what? You kidding me?

I dont understand. Are we fool of giving Lampard 5 year contract extension in 2009? Ridiculous thinking. And why keep on accusing him moaning about this situation to the media? It is the January transfer window, of course people look into rumours and stories regarding transfers. Since pepole keep on talking about FFP and how the club should spend wisely (like its their own money), I do hope these people did contribute to the revenue of Chelsea FC (tickets, merchandises, etc) If not, you have no right to keep on babbling here, especially regarding the club financial affairs

Lampard will eventually be offered a new contract.

Even if we manage to win EPL with Lampard's help, I dont want him to stay here next season. Let him choose his next destination and let him leave on a high.

Pirlo to Juve...important player for AC Milan who then goes to Juve to become an important player for them. Look at Juve, look at AC Milan...I have a nightmare playing out in my mind of having to watch Fergie with Lamps and Cole by his side, them being the key players to bringing in an FA Cup and maybe even a UCL...Lamps' refusal to deal with the astronomical indicates to me two things...he wants to stay in England and he wants to remain relevant for the 2014 WC...He will take a pay cut for this...If not CFC, it will be someone else...and that someone else WILL reap the rewards of all that Lamps has to offer. Those who want him gone for footballing reasons will have no problem as to those Lamps is of no use to us and will be of no use to anyone else...those who want him gone for personal reasons as in "I don't like the Guy" then I have nothing to say to you as you are probably 12 yr old virgins with a crush on Christy and out to exact some sought of vengeance as every time you *****, lamps is on your mind. To the previous group...if in your mind top footballing minds are willing to buy lamps or are perplexed at our refusal to give him an extension what does that mean for your assertions that he is of no use to anyone least of all us??? Do you all think you know better???? Rest assured every thing will fall into place at the end of the season, my nightmares will either come true or not...I hope not

Gian-franco/Luca,the great chief priest of the lampard shrine.after all your incantations the club would do what they feel is right and if it means lamps leavin then so shall it be

Tribal football; "Perhaps the behaviour at Chelsea was no better symbolised recently than by Terry choosing to warm-up for the game immediately after Roberto di Matteo's sacking by wearing the Italian's former No16 shirt. It's staggering that, for all the warnings making their way to the local press from club sources, Terry should still make this show of defiance. How else can Abramovich read the gesture other than a protest against his decision-making?" Terry's days are definately numbered.