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Frank Lampard has arrived in Italy to complete his proposed transfer to Internazionale. Following reports from France Football on Friday night that the deal for Lampard had been agreed between Inter and sellers Chelsea, it is now understood the England midfielder is travelling to Milan this weekend to undergo a medical.

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June 28, 2008  11:06 AM ET
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Good for him. Maybe he'll be appreciated more in Italy. It will be a little weird having an Englishmen in the Serie A, but it should work out well. Congrats Inter, you just signed a great footballer.

June 28, 2008  11:14 AM ET
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This move was reported to have cost $14 MM. How was he so cheap? Was there not a better offer out there?

June 28, 2008  01:18 PM ET
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He just has a year left on his contract with Chelsea.
It won't be so weird to see a Brit in the Serie A. Gazza and Platt played in italy back in the 90's.

June 28, 2008  05:05 PM ET
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The guy with the comment above mine is exactly correct. Chelsea were in pretty much a 'lame duck' situation with Lamps'. They obviously had no intention of resigning him so they had to get whatever they could for him now versus risk losing him next year for nothing. Same scenario happened with Barcelona and Dos Santos' transfer to Tottenham. That's why you always try to sell players with 2yrs. left on their contracts (if you have no intention of renewing them) so that you still have some leverage and can get maximum value for them.

June 28, 2008  05:33 PM ET
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he'l be ok if he got people to hold and run for him like essien and makele did.other wise he'l be england version not chelsea version.

June 29, 2008  04:30 AM ET
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Inter also had Paul Ince back in '95 and he played well until he decided to move back for familiy reasons.
Lampard is a logical deal for Mourinho; he trusts the guy and knows he'll give him a new scoring option out of the midfield for the new scheme (4-3-3), especially since Ibrahimovic isn't your tipical central forward and likes to move on the wings...
Now I'm thrilled to find out who the Nerazzurri are going to get for playing those wings (Mancini, probably, and one between Silva, Van Persie and another Englishman - either Bentley or Walcot)...

June 29, 2008  09:06 AM ET
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Englishman in italy does sound werid usually international star like that usually stay back in there county when there county have a big time league

June 29, 2008  02:40 PM ET
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watching the closing ceremonies at Euro 2008. Holy shizzle this has to be the gayestThing I've EVER seen.

 
June 30, 2008  06:34 PM ET
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Wow. That's saying a lot coming from you S Rod.

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