The Daily Mail says Lampard trained alone on his first day back at Chelsea's Cobham headquarters yesterday. The decision was his own, as he spent the afternoon jogging round an outlying training pitch.

Lampard was described by a source close to him as being 60/40 in favour of a move to the San Siro at the weekend as the Italian side were busy launching a £6.5million opening gambit - although Chelsea denied receiving a faxed offer.

Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari is understood to be keen for Lampard to stay on, although the impasse over his contract negotiations with Chelsea is yet to be resolved.

Lampard is holding out for a five-year deal worth £150,000-a-week while Chelsea have so far put an offer of one year and £10,000-a-week less on the table. That compares with the tax-free £115,000-a-week, four-year deal Inter are reportedly ready to offer.

But Lampard feels an enormous debt of gratitude to Chelsea for the support they offered following the passing of his mother less than three months ago.

Matters are likely to reach a conclusion shortly with Inter understood to be ready to go as high as £8m for Lampard, who has one year remaining on his £120,000-a-week contract.