Frank Lampard has criticised Chelsea’s practice of regularly changing managers, saying that it cost him the opportunity to win trophies.
As a club legend and their fourth manager this season under new ownership, Lampard believes that the constant turnover of coaches has hindered the team’s success.
Despite fans longing for the glory days of Roman Abramovich’s ownership, Lampard argues that the club’s culture of hiring and firing managers has held them back.
“I was part of the Chelsea team that changed managers regularly,” said Lampard to reporters.
🗣️ “Play for pride or playing for Chelsea. Everyone should have individual reasons to do that.”
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“With casual hindsight, it is easy to say I had great success.
“I won three titles, but I should have won five or six. That’s my feeling, if we had had more consistency and been able to work in one direction.
“You look at the successful models at the top end of the league and you see managers that have been working there a long time, recruitment aligned with the type of squad they want.
“You see City, Liverpool and Arsenal. So clearly if you want to get there it’s something that hopefully aligns. At the moment for us, it hasn’t.”
Chelsea’s current season has been marked by chaos, with 18 signings costing over £600 million and a bloated squad of 32 players, leaving them in 12th place in the Premier League.
