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The Premier League has confirmed that Frank Lampard is registered as a player solely with Manchester City.

The league is also satisfied that the Premier League champions have not broken any rules over their signing of the former England midfielder.

Lampard, 36, was expected to join City's sister club New York City full-time this month having apparently been on loan in Manchester from the American outfit.

But now it seems that Lampard, despite being announced as a New York signing last summer, has never signed any formal contract with the Major League Soccer newcomers.

Lampard had actually been on a short-term, full-time deal with City for the first half of the season and that was extended to the end of the campaign on New Year's Eve.

It means confusion remains over what exactly Lampard had agreed with NYCFC, who had publicly announced they expected the player to join up with them on January 1, while Lampard also fronted their season ticket marketing campaign.

There have been suggestions that Lampard might actually have signed with the City Football Group - the parent company for both clubs - but the Premier League has indicated there is no provision for a move to NYCFC.


http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/frank-lampard-is-solely-a-manchester-city-player--and-never-signed-a-formal-contract-with-new-york-city-after-leaving-chelsea-9966147.html

These South Afrikaans or Zulu people are starting to sound like Ghanaians

kgr28:
What truth? The day Dbanji comes here and fill Coca-Cola Dome, peoples park or Bellville Velladrome with the capacity of 15 000 fans, then I will admit hes a real celebrity. Is he still singing though?? last song heard was Oliver Twist *Thanx to Kanye West, Kanye saw this monkey cant sing for shyt and he cut him loose.

Light years ahead dont smoke cheap weed.. if your entertainers are that good and popular they would be filling shows every-were they go., not club show they normally do when they abroad, with 50 drunk white americans and europeans, same here in SA they perfom in 100 capacity clubs and only in jhb, no one in Durban, Cape Town and Bloem know that monkey Dbanji....big record companies would be in nigeria scrambling for their signaturs.

Every big company is in SA, Universal, Sony, WarnerSA and EMI. do you think they are signing stones and grass.

All this because D'Banj D'flowered your queen?

all4naija:
Yet, we produced the first black Miss World! You are joking bighead!

15 years ago

According to financial sport experts, its going to cost around north of £400m for Chelsea FC to have Messi

£200m for Chelsea to prize the Argentine away from Barcelona

Wages: £20m after tax (£40m at 50% tax rate)

A 5 years contract

Then we talk of bonuses and a cut on merchandise sold by the club

Yes we all know Adidas will foot part of the bill, but does he worth it?

crownprince102:
Sentiment..... The award was presented by a yoruba man. Where did they put saido mane, the terrific guy scored against wonderful goal against Chelsea and a spetacular one against arsenal. Mikel shouldn't even be placed 2nd....... Song did well aginst chelsea and arsenal

Song was rested against Chelsea came on very late, Yaya Toure was rested in some games during the xmas schedule

kimco:
It'll always surprise me why africans will build large beautiful stadia and the pitch wud be so bad or even bland and boring...like the stadium naija played SA in. I mean it nice and all but when the most important event was happening (playing football) all the charm got lost and i lose a bit of excitement. I'd rather have a small stadium with emirate's (arsenal's stadium) level of pitch on it. Makes all the difference.
With that said the ohen gyan stadium or accra sports stadium being part of top 40 says it all about our standards.

African climate means you grow a different type of grass (harder turf)

This is a player Mourinho has once told PSG to offer something around £160m for Hazard

Sorry £60m wont fly

Greatihex:
who told u that oscar is injured.

Oscar is just coming back from an injury

shadrach77:
aren t you silly? The Award is for last season not this season

The award is for this year not last football season

thegoodjoehunt3:

The following season, he was selected as the Barclays Player of the Month in :

September 2003, and the PFA Fans' Player of the Month in October.

Chelsea finished 2nd in the 2003–04 Premier League behind unbeaten Arsenal and he was named in the 2004 PFA Team of the Year as he reached double figures in league goals (10) for the first time in his career, in addition to four goals in fourteen UEFA Champions League matches, as Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals.

In the semi-final against Monaco he scored, but Chelsea lost 5–3 on aggregate.


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Lampard's development was done under Ranieri, not Mourinho. He was a top player. Mourinho took him from a top player to one of the top 5 in the World. However, Lampard was not average before Mourinho.

Yes Lampard's development was under Ranieri but Jose gave him the belief that he could be the best in the world, Ranieri doesnt know how to set up team, the team that lost to Monaco in the Semi's was a very strong team, people thought that either Claudio had no clue what he was doing or he deliberately threw away the game. He kept on chopping and changing the team and line, Another £1bn Ranieri will still wont win the league.

thegoodjoehunt3:
Lampard was good. He was not as bad as Thierry Henry was at Juventus. That is what I am trying to point out.

If you ask people then, to list the EPL best players then, Lampard's name will be mentioned. Even though, under Mourinho, Pampered changed to some thing else.

Lampard at west ham was poor or an average player and the most Hammers felt that he only got into the team because of his uncle, This got most hammers angry. Thierry was bought as squad player at Juve and was played a winger

thegoodjoehunt3:
Choi!!!

Neymar has been Brazil's National team best player for almost four years now.
He is closed to Messi's international goal scoring record.
He was the best player in South America for four years.
Neymar has scored the World Cup goal of the year.
He was the best player at the last confederations cup.
He was one of the best players at the last world cup.
He was rated top five in the last ballon D'or.

Come on, Neymar and Hazard are not mates.

Still doesnt changed the fact that he was regarded as a flop last season at Barcelona

Jose just want to build up his confidence

Knowing that Chelsea still has there eyes on Khadeira or Paul Pugba means that his days are number but he has a long contract thats why they are finding it hard to get rid off

Daninya11:
I remember telling a friend at the beginning that the combination of mikel, matic and fabregas will be a compact formation in midfield..
Fussing the trio quality will augur well for the team. The same diamond midfield R D M used to win the C. L with the trio of mikel, lampard and ramirez..
This partnership can become the best in the world.
This remind me of the midfield trio of Vieira, Edu and Gilberto when arsenal were at their peak.. They were rated the best in the EPL and in Europe..
Chelsea trio can accomplice this feat. Ever since, matic has been comfortable playing along side Mikel and the smart one did justice to that.
I am happy for Mikel. If you think mikel is a slow poke, Mourinho thinks otherwise and he has been showering the lad with praise..

It was Mereiles not Ramirez that played in the midfield

dotcomnamename:
Read your message again and again ''One chance in a cup final who will score? Drogba or Henry''. so scoring in cup finals is the criteria to know the best between Henry and his junior brother Drogba? Lol

Smh

Remember Jose Mourinho's comments in 2005, Henry goes missing in big games when it matters, When France relied on Zidane he delivered, when they relied on Henry France got home before the post card (he flopped)

I will say it again.....

One chance in a cup final who will score? Drogba or Henry?

(knowing that Henry missed 3 chances in the 2006 champions league final against Barcelona which would have landed Arsenal the European Cup)

Drogba scored in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 FA Cup finals, 2005, 2007, 2008 League cup finals, 2012 CL final


Arsenal FA 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 (BLANK)


Because Henry was nominated for the Ballon D'or means nothing, Will you say Henry and Battistuta are in the same class? but the great Argentine was nominated for nothing..... Yes as a player Henry is better but as a striker Drogba all day long

Drogba is a complete striker

Henry is one dimensional

Can you name an important game Henry scored in like a Semi or final of the CL, or final of the FA cup, his achievement with France well he should thank the likes of Zidane, Djorkaef, Deschamp etc. more like riding on the wave of that moment, when they all retired before the 2006 world cup, France nearly dropped but begged Zidane to come out of retirement who save the day and saved the tournament for France but for Arsenal the only thing Henry could right home about is the Premier League, But Drogba against the best teams in Europe will score!

Actually if you ask the question who does the defender fear most Drogba or Henry

This one that looks like a reincarnation of Grace Jones!!!

Beazy:
Mikel Obi’s girlfriend Olga took to her instagram page to celebrate the midfielder after his impressive Champion league performance this evening against sporting lisbon. Mikel scored a goal. His team Chelsea beat Sporting Lisbon 3-1

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Your spot on, Ronaldo is all about me me me me, he throws his toys out the moment he hears that someone earns more than him

thegoodjoehunt3:
Victor Valdes was consistent behind the post for Barcelona during their great reign. Does that make him a nominee for Ballon D'or?

Victor Valdes is not that great, average at best

But with Neuer he has been the best goalie over the last 3 years 2012, 2013 and 2014, if he wins it, I will be happy for him joining Lev Yashin as the other GK to win the Ballon D'or

Where is Charlize Theron?

[size=18pt]Shearer blames Mikel for Chelsea’s loss[/size]


Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has blamed Nigeria international, Mikel Obi for Chelsea’s 2-1 loss at Newcastle on Saturday which ended their unbeaten run. Shearer said Mikel did not do well enough in the midfield emphasising that Jose Mourinho side missed suspended Nemanja Matic.

“Chelsea didn’t play that well,” Shearer told BBC Sport. “There is no doubt they missed Nemanja Matic. He has started every game for them this season but John Mikel Obi was in there against Newcastle and didn’t do as well. In the build-up to Newcastle’s second goal, Mikel dives in, Eden Hazard dives in. There is no one sitting in front of the back four.

“That said it was a really committed Newcastle performance. They were really well organised and every player knew what job they had to do. It was a thoroughly deserved win.”

The Serbia international who has scored a goal and two assists in 14 EPL games was suspended for the trip to ‘The Magpies’ after he picked up his fifth booking of the season in a 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

http://www.squawka.com/news/alan-shearer-says-chelsea-missed-nemanja-matic-against-newcastle/240536

Its called makeup

thegoodjoehunt3:
Is that the same criteria I put for CR7? CR7's performance is beyond every trophy. He was the man who put the goals that landed Real Madrid the LA Decima. His goals won them the European Super Cup. His goal won them the Copa Del Rey. That is more than just winning everything.

I thought Gareth Bale's landed Copa Del Rey, actually hardly played in that competition. And he was poor in the semi's and Final of the CL, Thanks to Sergio Ramos

You could see why the life expectancy is low in Africa because, we bicker over little things

Whats crazy about her outfit?

thegoodjoehunt3:
The MRI test was not an accepted testing method by Fifa in 2009. Reports said our players passed it, however, it was a selected random test, just like how drug test are carried out at the World Cup.

The result we got first was from the NFF. FIFA only tested three players in the 2009 squad.

In Iheanacho's case, it is now the official testing method and FIFA monitors and scrutinizes all the results. So there is no reason for someone to come online and start tarnishing Nacho's image especially if he has no proof what so ever for him being an age cheat.

They did on every single member of the 2009 squad!

The Nigeria Football Federation, who are to host the 2009 Under-17 event, initially claimed the tests were not reliable, but having undertaken MRI assessments on their players they have dropped 15 squad members.

In a statement on their official website, Fifa accepts that age verification in some countries is extremely difficult, but that it hopes to use the new technology to eradicate some nations benefiting from the unfair advantage of fielding over-age players.

The NFF also defended the circumstances surrounding the inclusion of two players, Deji Joel and Stanley Okoro on the Eaglets' squad, saying that the duo never failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test.
On Stanley Okoro, the NFF's official said: "Stanley equally passed the MRI test on two occasions, both in Nigeria and Qatar