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Frank Lampard has stunned Chelsea by telling them he wants £150,000 a week. The club have offered the England midfielder a four-year contract worth £140,000, a deal which would make him the highest-paid player in Premier League history, but Lampard has told them he wants an extra £10,000 and a fifth year. Lampard, 30 last month, has warned Chelsea he may otherwise join Inter Milan, where former Jose Mourinho is now manager. Chelsea believe a four-year offer is generous to a player of his age but Lampard cites 35-year-old Claude Makelele, who was recently given a one-year extension. Lampard has a year left on his current £120,000-a-week deal and Mourinho said this week he did not expect him to leave Chelsea until next summer. Chelsea have been frustrated in their attempts to complete the capture of Zenit St Petersburg... [read full story]
