‘I was like he’s going to be the captain of Chelsea for the next 10 years’ – Frank Lampard reveals plans to sign £105m star player when he was Chelsea boss
Former Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has revealed his interest in signing Declan Rice.
Rice, who has since become an England regular under Gareth Southgate, captained West Ham to European Conference League glory last month, ahead of an expected move to Arsenal
Lampard, who managed Chelsea between 2019 and 2021 before returning for a stint as caretaker boss earlier this year, told the Diary of a CEO podcast: “I wanted to bring in Declan Rice.
“I was like ‘this kid is going to be the captain of Chelsea for the next 10 years’. It didn’t happen, anyway, it is hard to dissect people’s work.”