New York City FC midfielder Frank Lampard has offered to buy the plane ticket for his old Chelsea teammate John Terry in order to get the English defender to join a Major League Soccer outfit.
With Terry currently in the midst of an ongoing contract dispute with the Blues, a move away from Stamford Bridge seems inevitable. Lampard, who played alongside Terry for Chelsea over the course of the last 10 years, wants Terry to play alongside him in MLS.
"I would like to see them offer (a new contract). I think it's obvious John wants it and I think he can still stay at Chelsea," Lampard told ShortList Magazine. "He's the best defender I ever played with, quite comfortably. So if Chelsea let him go and John’s sitting there, I'll get his plane ticket and get him over here."
Lampard continued, "Of course I'm friends with John, but purely from a football perspective and from what he's done on the pitch, and as a starting player in all their big and important games when he's started them this season, I think he's been their best defender this year."