Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard OBEis an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC in Major League Soccer. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for 13 years, and is considered by a number of journalists and football experts to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, in addition to being widely regarded as Chelsea's greatest ever player by some Chelsea players, such as previous record goal-scorer Bobby Tambling and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityRomford, England
Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.
I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.
I'm like everyone else: I want to play every game, but it's not possible.
But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home. (on Chelsea)
When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?
But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?
I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.
The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.
When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.
Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.
The title is still on the cards until it's off the cards
I read Michael Caine's biography. It was about him growing up
Henry is a great man, I really like him. He is a great professional and I think he will be a great captain for them. He's been the outstanding player in the Premiership for the last three or four years
Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks.