Lampard reveals one player he didn’t want to sell at Chelsea

Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has reacted to the Blues move of selling many of their academy talents.

Lampard revealed during his time at Stanford Bridge as a manager he did not want to let Fikayo Tomori leave during his first spell.

The former manager enjoyed a stint at Stamford Bridge between 2019 and 2021 before he was replaced by Thomas Tuchel.

Lampard later returned as caretaker manager of Chelsea at the end of last season

The former manager while speaking players who were at Chelsea during his time, said Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football: “I think if you look across that list I’m slightly surprised by it.

“At that time I would have expected more players to stay longer. I think every player in there is a different story and sometimes you read between the lines.

“Fikayo Tomori I wanted to keep, but at the same time I had five centre-backs. He was in and out of the team and he got frustrated and he wanted to leave, that happens with young players.

“But within that I did think some of those players would stay, but we are in the modern world working with the ownerships of clubs and the sporting directors who are not seeing academy players with maybe what I saw and what fans saw.”