After his departure from Chelsea was confirmed, speculation mounted of a move to MLS, via the A-League for Lampard.

Reports claim a deal has been agreed for the 36 year-old - Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer - with an announcement to come shortly.

With the Big Apple club not making its league debut until March 2015, Lampard will keep himself in shape Down Under after stating he would never play for another English Premier League against Chelsea.

Villa was confirmed as New York City's first signing early last month with a 10-game guest stint for Melbourne City locked into the deal.

New York City and Melbourne City are owned by Manchester City - which in turn is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Abu Dhabi United Group.

Lampard would be reunited in Australia with his former Chelsea team-mate Damien Duff, who has signed a one-year deal with the Melbourne City.

Last month, Australia's most capped player and Chelsea goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer told TWG he had spoken to Lampard about Melbourne.

"All I can say is that he did ask me about Melbourne Heart (sic). He did ask me what Melbourne was like and what Melbourne Heart was like," Schwarzer said.

".. I spoke very highly of Melbourne. I actually love Melbourne. It's a great city. I told him how passionate in particular the Victorians are with their sport.

"There is huge potential in the game in Australia and it would be unbelieveable if he went to Australia. I said to him that he would love living there. It's a great place to live.

"He walked away with that and I know what he's like. So we will see."