Posted August 13, 200816 yr I am happy as a lark at this news! Brilliant, bloomin' brilliant. Bring it on! Cheers, Butch
August 13, 200816 yr And gets his 5 year deal - we are a soft touch after all :D At least the 'enemy of football' won'tget his hands on him!
August 13, 200816 yr Since we have too many midfielders: Joe Cole, Essien, Deco, Malouda, Ballack, SWP. Who will be out?
August 13, 200816 yr What I don't understand is why we didn't give him a 5 year deal last summer. That would have been the same as a 4 year deal now. Unless Frank wanted a 6 year deal last year. :D
August 13, 200816 yr how great will this be? we'll get to see him make 400 appearances this season, then surely get to 500 and possibly 600, to see him get further up the all time goalscorers chart... he'll pass 10 seasons with the club. amazing, particularly for us, to have this kind of continuity. p.s. from his comments I think he inferred he took less money than he wanted to get a 5 year deal. Edited August 13, 200816 yr by gullit4
August 13, 200816 yr It's great news, although I doubted he would ever move abroad given the ties ot his father who would stay in England. Good news though!
August 13, 200816 yr excellent news we all know what lamps is capable of and long may it continue (well at least for 5 years any way)
August 13, 200816 yr brilliant. so happy to start the season. this really bodes well. can't wait to get going!!!
August 13, 200816 yr excellent news. i was wondering how lampard would play with doubts hanging over him, now he can get his head down and get stuck into winning us trophys again....
August 13, 200816 yr Great news! :D ...As this was made as a "major announcement" will it be the only major announcement before the season, it looks like it. No Kaká, no Robinho... ..well who needs them really..?
August 13, 200816 yr He becomes a real Chelsea legend now! Well done Frankie..... Super Frank - lifetime Blue!
August 13, 200816 yr Kudos to the management. An under-performing player who is already thirty gets a five year extension. Looks like Frank's drawn out war with board has finally come to fruition. It'll be interesting to find how many more midfielder we're able to fit into the squad before the season gets under way Edited August 13, 200816 yr by nofizzleforshizzle
August 13, 200816 yr An under-performing player who is already thirty gets a five year extension. Who would that be then? A bit of a coincidence it was the same day that Frank signed a new deal too!
August 13, 200816 yr On ya Frankie. Well done Chelsea for the extended deal. Now we are all settled apart from the possible signings. Looking good.
August 14, 200816 yr I would really like to hear the last word on whether or not he took less to get an extra year. If so, its really exciting news because it means his heart is really here. Its win win for the club because if Frank decides, eventually, that he does want to look for a new challenge abroad, he can easily be sold for a much higher fee. I would like to know, however, why the hell we called a presser like that. Kenyon?
August 14, 200816 yr I would really like to hear the last word on whether or not he took less to get an extra year. If so, its really exciting news because it means his heart is really here.Its win win for the club because if Frank decides, eventually, that he does want to look for a new challenge abroad, he can easily be sold for a much higher fee. I would like to know, however, why the hell we called a presser like that. Kenyon? making out it was a major announcement was a bit ott...sure i am happy about frank signing a new contract, but the club had built it up to be something amazing...a la kaka or something even though i'm sure if a deal like that was in the offing it would have come out in the italian media first...it just felt a bit of triumphalism in front of the cameras
August 14, 200816 yr I would really like to hear the last word on whether or not he took less to get an extra year. If so, its really exciting news because it means his heart is really here.Its win win for the club because if Frank decides, eventually, that he does want to look for a new challenge abroad, he can easily be sold for a much higher fee. I would like to know, however, why the hell we called a presser like that. Kenyon? To answer your question point 1, I think we called the press conference to shout ourselves from the roof-tops in a PK sort of way, but it was a positive move, we weren't having to explain ourselves for a change. Frank gaves the public blessing to the new manager and it gave out good vibes, it was also a parting shot to Jose to say 'He's Chelsea, not Jose's''. Frank said only good things about JM and said he still had a good replationship with him because of what he'd done for Franks Career, and also said he could see himself wroking with hin in the future. So on to your 2nd point, yes we've now tied up Lamp's on a deal longer than our current manager who's is 4 years, so it either means Jose's coming back, or if they/jose want him they'll have to pay right up, with the money not going to Frank, but back to Roman's Chelsea, another gesture toward waving the special one away. (perhaps Frank get's a slice if he leave's?) Frank did mention stalling on the signature down to event's happening over the previous year and needing time to think about thing's, sometimes a clean start can be a blessing. But from what I saw he knew where he belonged and is why he's put pen to paper. It's probably the last contract of his career and he wanted time to make the right decision, good luck to him. But if further down the line he does want to leave, we must command a decent fee.
August 14, 200816 yr Great news, and a great point for him to make...he is a Chelsea player, not a Jose player. Plus if we were to sell him in the future, we'd be able to ask for more. I'd have been gutted if he left next year on a free! The other thing, is this will send great vibes throughout the dressing room. He's one of Terry's best mates, so I am sure JT was anxious to know if his mate would still be around. Now, this is a boost for teh team and JT and you know JT will start riling the boys up now that Frank is on board. It will be interesteing to see how we will play. I think with him, essien, Ballack and Deco it kinda loans itself to the diamond formation. I just hope we don't completely neglect Mikel, and to a certain extent Malouda. Will we play more of a rotational policy with some of the fringe midfielders now? Where will Malouda, Joey, Sweepy and Kalou all fit in? I can't wait for the season to start now
August 14, 200816 yr Great, great news. Hoped he'd stay and he did- couldn't be happier. Bet you the media pundits will be disappointed. Jose would'nt be too chuffed either. Anyway, I'm now not too sure whether we should pursue Kaka and Robinhio - at least not until next year perhaps.
August 14, 200816 yr Finally! One saga behind us, one more to go until the transfer window closes (Drogba).
August 14, 200816 yr Sure it's good news, and very refreshing to see Chelsea show some kind of, for want of a better word, loyalty.... however i do think that from a financial perspective, it lacks sense. Thats alot of money to hand over to a thirty year old. On the issue of his contract, from what i gathered, Frank took a slight decrease in wages, whilst Chelsea then offered the extra year, so i think both sides of the negotiations met half way. Lets hope he has a cracking season, and propels us to the title.
