Renewed speculation Lampard is Barca-bound

THE future of Chelsea’s England midfielder Frank Lampard has come under the spotlight again after his agent refused to say whether or not the player would be at Stamford Bridge next season.

Lampard has two years left on his contract with the English champions, but there has been renewed speculation that he will leave the club at the end of the season and join Barcelona.

The midfielder is a long-time target of the Spanish giants, and although Chelsea chief executive, Peter Kenyon, recently claimed the player was close to signing an extension to his contract, that suggestion was quickly denied by Lampard’s agent, Steve Kutner.