Blues keep focus on pitch

CHELSEA stars John Terry and Frank Lampard are determined to ensure their contract problems do not overshadow the club’s fight for silverware.

Terry and Lampard are trying to negotiate long-term extensions to their contracts. The club have yet to make a formal offer to Lampard while Terry is unhappy with the length of the contract offer, reduced from nine years to five.

The delay sparked speculation they could quit the club in the summer. Chelsea’s Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien on Monday signed a five-year extension worth £90,000-a-week and Lampard is keen to ensure loyalty shown by he and Terry is rewarded.