Exclusive: Inter Milan say £7m Frank Lampard deal is done

Frank Lampard




Inter Milan last night claimed to have struck a £7m deal for Frank Lampard.

The Italian giants say they have reached agreement with Lampard and Chelsea for the midfielder.

It comes just 24 hours after the Blues signed Portugal star Deco, 31, from Barcelona in a £7.9m deal.

Lampard, 30, has been offered a four-year deal worth £24m in total - and the chance to play abroad and link up again with Jose Mourinho at Inter has proved difficult to resist.

Club president Massimo Moratti has yet to announce Lampard's capture publicly.

But privately Inter say the deal is done and that the England star will be unveiled at the San Siro once he returns from holiday in Sicily at the end of this week.

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to follow up the Deco deal with a £10m move for Real Madrid's Robinho, according to the Brazilian superstar's agent Vagner Ribeiro.

"It is true that Chelsea are interested in signing Robinho," said Ribeiro.

"They have been for some time, and that interest has become much stronger since Scolari took over as their new manager.

"I have met with Chelsea's sporting director Frank Arnesen in London and he confirmed to me that they want the player for next season.

"Neither Robinho nor myself like that Real are prepared to use him as part of an exchange in their bid to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

"We do not understand this attitude and we want them to begin to value Robinho - because they are not at the moment.

"Robinho is as good, if not better than Ronaldo. The only difference is that Ronaldo reached the Champions League Final and Robinho did not.

"Robinho's priority is to stay with Real, but he cannot be in a place where he is not valued and for the time being he is not. I'm not talking about money.

"I refer to the fact that he is being undervalued in comparison to Ronaldo."