Ranieri says Lampard sucks… kinda…
Former Chelsea (and current Juve) manager, Claudio Ranieri, today confirmed that he will not be moving for midfielder Frank Lampard following a breakdown in talks between the player and Chelsea. Lampard reportedly wants wages matching those of uber-flops Andrei Schevchenko and Michael Ballack, but Chelsea’s current offer is said to fall around 10 000 pounds short of Lampards demands.
Ranieri says,
“We are full in midfield and won’t be signing anyone else there. Frank is a fantastic player - I know that better than anyone - but the only player we need before the start of the season is a central defender.”
This comes following Barca’s apparent snubbing of the player. An executive at Barca said,
“He will stay at Chelsea. There is no other option. He has been offered to us, Milan, Inter and Real Madrid. Basically all of the big clubs. But none are interested. We are the same as those clubs are, we’re looking for a player who is more creative and has a greater technique than Lampard. So it looks like he will go nowhere.”
Well you can’t blame Lampard for demanding more money than a player who’s greatest footballing aim seems to be to break the record for most passes to the opposition, before falling on his bottom and pouting prettily. But than again you can blame Lampard for demanding 7 million pounds a year just so he can shoot at defenders asses in the hope that it will ricochet past the keeper.
