To pay or not to pay, that is the question

Obviously, Lamps is a Chelsea favourite and an integral part of the current team, however, his latest rumoured contract demands see him asking for £140k+ a week for the next four years. That will mean the largest weekly withdrawal from the Bank of Chelsea will be going to a 34 year old.

So should the Blues acquiesce to Princess Frank’s demands, or should they wave him goodbye as he prances off to Spain? Vote now!

New contract will buy Princess Frank a lot of pretty gowns

According to today’s Daily Express, Frank Lampard wants a £30m four-year deal to stay at Chelsea after his current contract expires. According to my super computer, that’s a cool £144, 230.77 a week, which will put him way above teammates JT (£135k) and Schevchenko (£130k), and also a few quid above Kaka, the current best paid player in the world who takes home £143,438 a week.

But will Chelsea pay out? And how will he manage if they don’t?

Is Lamps a victim of the moneymen, or making his bed and crying in it?

Despite being one of the best paid players in the world and an a huge asset to his club, Frank Lampard has decided to lay his cards on the table and speak to the press about his contract once more. Negotiating huge deals should be second nature to a club like Chelsea, so why has this scenario become so messy? Is it because Frank wants a get out clause (as some papers are suggesting) and more lightbulbs around his dressing room vanity mirror, or does it all come down to simply wanting a few more notes from Mr Abramovich every week? Who is the villain here?

Get voting!

Chelsea star becomes master of contradiction in puzzling contract outburst

Frank Lampard quotes in this morning’s Sun:

“I said at the beginning of the season that I didn’t want to talk about the contract because I wanted to concentrate on my football.”

A few sentences later:

“If we wait until May and nothing happens then I’ve only got a year left on my contract - which is not a position I want to be in. I’ve made it very clear that I want to be here but I also want to know what is going on.”