Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has come out to say that he is happy with Roman Abramovich’s backing after the signing of Timo Werner on the back of a £37m ($46m) deal for Hakim Ziyech.
He recently revealed that he has always understood what the owner wants for the club, both as a player and as a manager.
According to him, Chelsea wishes to close the gap on the leaders next season and signings like Timo and Ziyech are good statements for the club.
He added that his current players are focused on finishing the season well, so every other discusssion is a distraction.
His words, “I haven’t spoken to him [Abramovich] recently,”
“I speak to Marina a lot and with Petr. We are very joined up and we talk a lot and communication is key in that.
“When you say that I know the owner very well, in the workplace, to a degree, I do. But I also understand what he wants for this club. I played under it, I felt it as a player when he first came here so I get that with my conversations with Marina that’s always relayed.
“I want the same [as him]. In terms of his commitment, I think he has shown his commitment regularly to our football club. We have done some business now that will hopefully improve us for next season and we want to keep moving forward.”
“One thing I really realised coming into this job, I was here a long time as a player, but as manager people will consistently ask you about your relationship with the board and the owner et cetera.
“I hope that this shows how we’ve worked together, all of us, with how we work, with recruitment, scouting and all playing our roles, in trying to bring the right players and being joined up.
“So I think we have to be very positive. This is Chelsea Football Club and we want to close the gap and signings like Timo and Ziyech both are nice statements. There are other areas we might want to improve as we go along.
“But there has to be players available in the market that we can get, and we feel confident and comfortable that we can get them at the right price and to fill the right holes and improve us.
“At the moment we’re positive with that but now the games have started it’s really important for myself, that the players and I focus on trying to finish the season well and then hopefully we can have the excitement of some new players that we know now are coming in to help us next year.”
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