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Rijkaard rules out Lampard

25 Jul 2007 - 17:12:16

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Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has totally ruled out an attempt to prise England midfielder Frank Lampard away from Chelsea this summer.

The 29-year-old has continually been mentioned as a possible target for Barca, but Rijkaard says he has no interest in trying to land Lampard.

The Dutchman made his latest statement after Barcelona ace Ronaldinho had commented: "He's a great player and he has shown that at Chelsea.

"Obviously I would like to have him at Barcelona, the same way that I would like any great player there."

Those comments prompted Rijkaard to add during the club's pre-season tour of Scotland: "I won't go into it personally, but what Ronaldinho says makes sense and everybody would say that.

"But it is just a remark being made about a good player like Frank Lampard.

"I don't want to enter into details because we will have it all over the papers that we are working on Frank Lampard and that is not true.

"We are working right now with the players that we have and we have to respect other players and the teams that they are playing for at the moment.

"It is not my way to talk about other players, but we all know that he is a great player."