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Lampard keen to extend Willian and Giroud contracts


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Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says they'll be looking to extend Olivier Giroud and Willian's contracts, if the Premier League season resumes.

Their current deals are set to expire at the end of next month but clubs are set to allowed to lengthen contracts until the end of the campaign.

"It is still uncertain if and when play will get underway. We have big players out of contract so that's something I'm obviously looking at very carefully," the Blues boss told Sky Sports' The Football Show.

"The ones who are out of contract here have been great servants for the club, and actually have a lot of feeling for the club.

"Of course they'll be concerned about themselves, in terms of how training is now is and if the pre-season is a rush they're going to have to make sure they're alright.

"So it's going to have to be something we have to look at, hopefully we can make that arrangement can be made so they can stay with us.

"I would love the squad to look as it has all season, but we'll have to see how that works."

Lampard added that they're preparing to return to collective training:

"We're starting to plan because I think we're still waiting on a few things but we know there's a vote on Monday and there's some testing that's going to be done around that and then we're looking at being back at training early-to-mid next week," Lampard said.

"I've just been talking with the staff planning how phase one will look, because it's going to look quite different for us because of the restrictions."


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