Frank Lampard has refused to rule out extending his loan deal past January, after scoring twice in the midweek 7-0 Capital One Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday.
The 36-year old has been in typical goalscoring form for Manchester City, after joining on loan from newly formed Major League Soccer side New York City.
The American franchise was purchased jointly by Manchester City and baseball team the New York Yankees.
Arsene Wenger has again questioned Frank Lampard’s loan spell at Manchester City, as a way for the defending champions to bypass Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
With the 2015 MLS season not commencing until March, Lampard could find his stay at Eastlands extended for a little while longer, especially if Manchester City have growing commitments coming into the business end of the season.
Manchester City were restricted to a net spend of £65million this summer, whilst their Premier League rivals were relentless in spending hundreds of millions of pounds worth of transfers as shown in this infographic about transfers on the Premier League.
The former England international continues to illustrate his pedigree and Lampard’s goals contribution from midfield may prove crucial, given the slow starting contributions from Yaya Toure and David Silva.
Lampard’s switch to Manchester City may have caught many people off-guard, but the midfielder’s professionalism and work ethic remains in-tact after a long and industrious career at title rivals Chelsea.
Lampard said it “will obviously be a club decision first and foremost. I wouldn’t want to get too ahead of myself. It’s not my place to do that…. (but) I’ll just train as hard as I can and play as well as I can – that’s the important thing – then we’ll see what happens. I’m signed here until January so that’s all I can say at the minute.”
Manchester City take on Hull City at the KC Stadium on Saturday.
Also Get the very Latest Football Transfer News, Rumours and Gossip direct to your email.