Lampard reveals secret of adding Petr Cech in Chelsea’s Premier League squad
Chelsea legendary goalkeeper Petr Cech was a shock addition to Chelsea’s Premier League squad list, which was announced on Tuesday, with the Czech having been spotted in training several times over the summer and this season.
Speaking about Cech’s inclusion in Chelsea’s Premier League squad, Chelsea boss Frank Lampard said: “Yeah Pete’s been training with the goalkeepers for a little while.
“He spends a lot of days with them, which is invaluable for his experience, helps us in training, helps me to know that he’s passing on that quality and experience to the goalkeepers.
“We had a spare space in the squad, we know this year is like no other because of Covid and what it might do to selection and isolation through the year. So it was a very easy one. Pete still does his day job but he’s there if we need him.”
Asked what shape Cech is in, and how likely he is to play, Lampard continued: “In terms of where Pete is at, yeah he’s fit. He’s very fit.
“He’s still relatively young, Pete finished playing possibly when he could have kept carried on playing. He’s taken on his role at Chelsea, which he does very well and is very helpful to me and we work very closely together.
“But he trains very regularly, he’s fit and whether we’ll see much of him this season I’m not sure. As I mentioned before, it depends on how the season goes with Covid and isolation.
“We felt – or certainly I felt – that it was a no-brainer to have Pete in the squad for that reason. “And it also helps me that he trains every day, when he’s in such good form it can only help the goalkeepers we have to see one of the world’s best in recent years, in the modern era, amongst us.”
He added: “With Pete it’s something that I wouldn’t expect to happen this year, but I do know with the way he is and how fit he is, if we were in crisis times then of course you couldn’t ask for something much better than having Petr Cech around. So I don’t expect it, but nobody expected what we’ve seen in the last six or seven months around the world.”