And Steve Kutner has revealed "The way things stand, Frank doesn't feel that he will be able to stay. All he wants is parity with the club's best-paid players but Chelsea aren't prepared to give him that. After the kind of season he has had, you wouldn't think there would be a problem."
"Now they risk losing one of their best players because everyone knows that Juve and Inter want him - and they clearly want him more than Chelsea.
"There are no more talks planned because all the talking has been done. That's it - it's over."
With Claudio Ranieri looking likely to face the sack, and Lampard half way out the door, what does Peter Kenyon plan to do next? Sell JT to Arsenal? Or how about sending Damien Duff to Man Yoo?