Frank Lampard looks to be vey much on borrowed time at Chelsea and may be facing a players’ mutiny which could easily ill likely tip him out of a job within a couple of weeks or so.
Word is that various players have reported back to the board that the Blues boss finds himself struggling when the the team finds itself in trouble and comes up with few answers.
The 3-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester City on Sunday looks to have been the opening of maybe the last chapter in his Bridge reign.
He may well have made a big mistake in taking Uncle Harry Redknapp into the Bridge with him as he clearly needs an assistant who has experienced the ups and downs of Premier League management.
However, to get to the point, those of us who are sick to death of hearing week in week out that he is ready to fund a move for Declan will not be sorry to see him leave the Bridge as it will hopefully put an end to that nonsense once and for all.
Even were he to stay it seems hardly credible that Roman Abramovich would trust him with the sort of dough required to take Dec to south west London.
Nobody likes to see anyone get the bullet but were it to happen, given that situation , I for one wouldn’t be crying too many tears’
I think we’ve all had enough of the Rice to Chelsea story.
Not sure when was the last time that a manager at Chelsea recruited a player and had a say on ins and outs.
Recruitment director and others do that and just give the manager the players.
No way Lampard scouted the players they signed last summer, he couldn’t of as we weren’t allowed to travel, so all done through agent / someone else.
I remember when they signed a player and no one at the club knew who signed him or owned up to it.
Not sure him leaving will change much.
Papers will keep linking Rice with chelsea as he spends more time with mount and the other chelsea players on holiday every year.
Agreed.. But whatever West Ham say no to any sale in the foreseeable future, You do not build a team by selling your best players. Need to build a team around players like Rice -Soucek -Coufal-Bowen Benerahama etc -which is starting to happen. Without spending 200 million plus !
Nailed it and spot on
Declan , the best player , in the world, for me , he can do anything, he wants , apart from move on ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒
I’d just love to see him crash and burn, cocky little fat f****r. No one else is going to take him on if he can’t get results after spending £200m. I remember him asking to leave after having been unsubbable under his uncle ‘Arry no matter how much he went missing in action.
Can’t disagree – even if Lampard doesn’t do the recruiting if he is no longer manager Declan might not be sure of a starting place (look at Rudiger)
Just saw something interesting in the Daily Mail online (yes I know that is hard to believe)
The Chelsea manager with the best win percentage is … Avram Grant lol
Anyway I for one will be happy when the window closes and Declan Rice is still a West Ham player
Personally I don’t like the January window . Not sure it should continue . Yes , I know we need a Striker and strengthening in other areas as well . But so do a lot of teams . So for me it’s a case of as you were . If we use a few younger players with potential and we can go on a Cup Run with them then who knows
We may discover a gem that can step into the first squad . Just my own opinion , of course .
COYHAMMERS
Kev – even we’re not so short of money we can’t pick up a striker. I think we have three greater options (not including the ludicrous notion of Arnautovic pitching up on loan);
1. Young Milo Odubeko comes good now he’s free of injury and proves he’s not just this year’s Xande Silva. I have high hopes for this lad, who was prolific up to U-17 for Man Utd. Love to see him on the bench once he’s fully fit.
2. John King, who would be relatively cheap to buy but want pretty big wages – the way Sully seems to like his HP to work. Proven in the EPL, he would fit into our playing system so much better than Haller. Even if he’s only a ten goal a season man, he’d be involved in creating so many more around him.
3. Signing Milik from Napoli. Not ‘cheap’ at around £13m, but no bank buster either. Known international standard with a one-in-two game record and has the Eastern European work ethic Moyes admires in Coufal and Soucek.
There’s also Maxi Gomez, who’s scoring 1 in 3 since joining Valencia instead of us. Valencia are deep financial crisis and need to sell, but MG’s €125m release fee means serious negotiation is needed to get him. Bearing in mind he went to Valencia because he wanted to stay in Spain – and just because it was West Ham – Arsenal’s reported interest might serve us better, if it meant that Arteta signing him meant Lacazette became surplus at the Emirates. I always regretted us not getting him first time round.
I think all clubs are feeling the Covid pinch, and those that spent so big in the close season – Villa, Chelsea – probably more than us, so we may be one of few active buyers in the market.
At least with Moyes you know that it’s unlikely we will get a shockingly expensive vanity signing.
Autocorrect strikes again – obviously Josh King and ‘NOT just because it was West Ham’ for Maxi Gomez.
And while I’m always a bit iffy about signing players who have previously turned us down – Micky Bat****, for example – I think Lacazette is still a fantastic option if he ever became available and we could afford him.
And if Chelski decide to dump Lampard I , for one , would most definitely not be shedding any tears for him . The Declan Rice saga would continue regardless because other big money clubs will be testing the waters anyway ., or already are .
No others are linked Kev and it’s all based on his relationship with Mount anyway. New manager – new ideas on players