I remember hearing not too long ago that the Chelsea owners were keen to have some former Chelsea players more involved in the backroom setup. However, here we are down the line and with no ex-players involved in any capacity, at least in the boardroom.
I’m not saying we should just be bringing in any old player because as we know, just because you’ve played professional football it doesn’t mean that your opinion in necessarily a good one, even if you are entitled to it like all of us are too.
But football people like Frank Lampard who have a natural football brain and intelligent mind, should absolutely be in the Chelsea setup.
We all know he had a rough time as interim manager and as a head coach overall in his managerial career so far really. But I’ve always believed his calling is in a director-type role in recruitment. A squad building role. A talent-spotting role. An advisor role. I think there would not be many better than Lampard for those roles, especially for Chelsea.
We all know how much he loves this club and wants to see it do well, and he genuinely knows exactly what we need.
In terms of squad building, I’d have given him the keys at the start of our project. Lampard has a top knowledge of modern day players and as the kids would say, he knows ball.
We’ve seen Lampard trying to sign players like Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, and Declan Rice at Chelsea before they got ridiculously expensive. He was also close to signing Viktor Gyokeres at Everton for just £10m. It was Lampard who bought Thiago Silva to Chelsea too. Smart mind.
As well as all that, just his name is appealing to many players. Having Lampard calling you up to come and join you will often be all any player ever needs to hear.
If Lampard was listened to at Chelsea the first time around, then we would have already had our spine at this club that the new owners could have come in and built around. Yet here we are, into the third season of their tenure, still lacking a real…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-09-03 11:34:05
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