Inter To Pounce For Lampard
According to the ‘Corriere dello Sport’, Inter president Massimo Moratti has given the green-light to his directors to make an audacious swoop for Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.
zoom - galleria he England international midfielder has long been on Inter’s wish-list, but up until now there never seemed a realistic chance of adding him to their already star-studded squad.
Even Moratti would likely admit that prising away a fundamental cornerstone of Chelsea constitutes a long shot, but they are taking the fact that he has at least temporarily pulled out of contract extension talks as a clear indication that he and his representatives are willing to take other offers into serious consideration.
Lampard justified his departure from the table by saying that he does not want contract talks to distract from the business of playing football this season, but one doesn’t have to be especially cynical to think that he is in reality just cleverly improving his bargaining position in light of his 2009-expiring contract.
If there’s one thing that the powers that be at Stamford Bridge don’t like its being bullied, and the hope of Inter as well as Juventus and Barcelona is that the relations between club and player degenerate to the extent that he is no longer considered unsellable.
