Chelsea identified Lampard as their first-choice replacement for Maurizio Sarri this week after the Italian was given permission to join Juventus. Although vastly inexperienced for the post, many Chelsea fans are backing Lampard to succeed Sarri, whose cyclical football masked last season’s third-place finish and Europa League triumph. The Belgian was Chelsea’s standout player over the last seven years and enjoyed his most prolific season last term. Chelsea bought American wonderkid Christian Pulisic, who can operate in similar position, in January, but Lampard should not try to use Pulisic as previous Chelsea managers did Hazard. Frank Lampard should stick with his backroom staff which included former Chelsea coach Jody Morris

Source: Express June 14, 2019 20:48 UTC