Chelsea legend advises Frank Lampard to quit the Blues

Chelsea interim coach Frank Lampard

Chelsea legend advises Frank Lampard to quit the Blues

Stephen Oladehinde 13:19 - 27.04.2023

Frank Lampard has been advised to resign before it's too late because he is under extreme pressure to turn around Chelsea's fortunes before the end of the season.

Chelsea’s interim coach Lampard has not won any game since his appointment and recently lost at home to Brentford on Wednesday night with the loss adding to their already disastrous season.

After a dismal first game back at Stamford Bridge, which saw the Bees extended the team's losing streak to eight games, Frank Lampard, 44, has been persuaded by Frank Leboeuf to leave Chelsea.

Chelsea interim coach Frank Lampard
Chelsea interim coach Frank Lampard

Leboeuf says there is nothing Lampard can do for Chelsea

Since the replacement of Graham Potter, Frank Lampard has now lost each of his five games, with the Blues scoring just once and Leboeuf has said he can’t do anything to revive Chelsea. 

Speaking on ESPN via London Football, the former Blues defender said, "We've said it all you know. There is nothing I can say. Maybe to Frank Lampard - get out! Get out quickly. There is nothing you can do.

"They need a win. One win. Three points to make sure they are not going to be relegated.

"It's normal to concede goals. That one [Cesar Azpilicueta] is an own goal, OK that can happen but a little bit of nobody getting responsibility for going for the header. But after that second one they get the ball and Wesley Fofana - what are you doing? Go there quicker.

"And Thiago Silva is so far away from Fofana. Nothing works properly and I never thought I was the best defender in the world. But at least I can see that."

Lampard explains task at hand

Lampard has been given a difficult task to revive Chelsea’s season but since his appointment, he has struggled to get the best out of the players and has not won any game.

Speaking to the press after Chelsea's defeat, Lampard said, "I'm not concerned about what people outside think because I don't think they ever understand the conditions of what you're working with. There's an understanding of where we're at as a club.

"Two of those games against Real Madrid and clearly when I came in, I'm here for a reason, the results weren't what they wanted. The challenge, I didn't have a bar of what the challenge was going to be.

"I understood there would be challenges behind the scenes because of where we are. That's been clear to me coming in. In a short time frame, it's really hard at this stage of the season to get that turn, you just have to keep working for it and we haven't got it yet.

"I'm not concerned, I took it on, knowing the jeopardy of what it might be."