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By PA Media
Last Updated: 09/12/20 11:39 pm
Chelsea have made several high-profile transfers during the summer transfer window
Frank Lampard has revealed the importance of smashing phones when it comes to sealing the biggest transfer deals.
Chelsea has spent more than £ 200 million on overhauling their team this summer, and each new high-profile recruit has cited Head Coach Lampard’s personal touch as critical to their signing.
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Chelsea beat Liverpool to lure prolific German striker Timo Werner to Stamford Bridge, while Ajax’s Hakim Ziyech and Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz were other big-name arrivals.
Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell and prominent French Under-21 defender Malang Sarr have also joined the club.
Timo Werner made his first appearance for Chelsea in a preseason friendly in Brighton
While players have mentioned Lampard’s influence, the Chelsea manager himself has now admitted his involvement in pushing those deals to the limit.
“You understand when it comes to competition with players like Liverpool and Manchester City that you need to put your best case on the player,” Lampard said.
“I think that after having been that player at some point, the idea as a coach is to try to sell the club and how I want to move forward.
Performance and technical advisor Petr Cech (L) oversees transfers at Chelsea alongside head coach Frank Lampard (R).
“Petr (Cech) in his role does the same and I do my best when I talk to the players.
“With a player like Timo (Werner), we really wanted to bring him in. He needs to feel that from us, I loved everything he said to me in those kinds of conversations. And the same with all those kinds of conversations.” players I’ve spoken to.
“I think the conversation between the coach and the player is really important because our relationship should be good and positive in the future.
“All you can do is do your best as a club because you know the competition is doing their best, so I think we can be happy to have brought in players at their level. This is how we try to work.”
0:59 Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard says he understands his second season in charge will bring ‘different pressure’ after spending more than £ 200 million on six summer transfers.
Werner and Havertz should appear in Chelsea’s Premier League opener in Brighton, live on Monday Night Football, but Ziyech is out with knee problems and Chilwell has left with the aftermath of a sore heel.
Silva just started training at the weekend, so the trip to Amex Stadium comes too early for the former Paris St Germain defender, but Christian Pulisic and Cesar Azpilicueta could play on the south coast.
Chelsea’s new team will need time to adjust and for the new recruits to settle into Premier League life.
Time has been at a premium during a staccato preseason thanks to the continuing influence of the coronavirus, and Lampard is well aware that his new faces will set in at a different pace.
“I’m satisfied and now it’s stage two, it’s about getting settled in and playing the best they can,” Lampard said.
“We need to give everyone a little time, the players that are coming in to start running.”
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