Frank Lampard is not concerned that Chelsea have sold more players than it has bought this summer.

Fabio Capello’s was dealt a double blow on Saturday when Frank Lampard and John Terry pulled out of the vital Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

Midfielder Frank Lampard could
miss champions Chelsea’s Premier League opener at home to West
Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Frank Lampard is happy to be back at Chelsea but admits England’s friendly with Hungary next week is ‘not ideal’.

John Terry and Frank Lampard are among the Chelsea stars set to feature in their friendly with Eintracht Frankfurt at the Commerzbank Arena.

Champions League matches will be played with two extra officials for the next two seasons. FIFA, under pressure to introduce goalline technology, met to agree the move.

The linesman at the centre of England’s disallowed goal storm has admitted he was caught out by the speed of Frank Lampard’s shot.

Franz Beckenbauer has expressed sympathy for the controversial manner in which England bowed out of the World Cup and called for the introduction of technology.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said he had apologised to the Football Association over Frank Lampard’s disallowed ‘goal’ and revealed the governing body would look again at goal-line technology.

Leading bookmakers have paid out to customers who bet on Frank Lampard scoring against Germany after his ‘legitimate’ strike was disallowed.