The Chelsea manager is staying calm amid a slump but he must be proactive and not simply wait for hard work to pay off
Frank Lampard’s autobiography is called Totally Frank. It was written in 2006 when the then Chelsea midfielder was 28, rendering it – at best – Partially Frank, Prematurely Frank, Avariciously Hasty Frank.
Anyway, there is a passage in the book from the summer of 2005, when Lampard gets wind of a rumour that the winner of the club’s player of the year award gets invited on to Roman Abramovich’s yacht. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Lampard tells himself. And so at one home game he musters the courage to ask the Chelsea owner if the rumour is true. Abramovich laughs hard. Lampard gulps. But eventually, his brazenness is rewarded.
Written by Jonathan Liew
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2021/jan/05/frank-lampard-peaks-and-troughs-no-match-for-self-belief-chelsea-manager under the title “Frank Lampard cannot afford to sail through Chelsea peaks and troughs | Jonathan Liew”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
