Chelsea before and after Roman Abramovich is not the same club—especially since a strong political push forced the Russian oligarch out of a place where he had invested nearly two decades of his life and work. Since Todd Boehly and the American investors took over, Chelsea has turned into complete disarray and is now far from the level it maintained for years. If anyone knows the club from West London before, during, and after the Abramovich era, it is Frank Lampard. One of the two greatest living legends alongside John Terry, Lampard left the deepest mark as a player. As a coach, he started building something promising by giving young talents a real chance, but the Americans quickly swallowed him up and spit him out.Fuming Chelsea boss punishes entire squad after an embarrassing lossAfter all that, Lampard returned as Chelsea’s manager once more—this time as an interim coach for seven weeks in 2023, following Graham Potter’s departure. By his own admission, he found the club in complete chaos. Following Thomas Tuchel’s exit, things started to go downhill. The experiment with Graham Potter lasted six months, and Lampard answered the club’s desperate call for help before Mauricio Pochettino—who is now also gone—took over in June 2023.”I saw things that I know cannot be right at elite football and that’s the truth. I didn’t love working in that short period because it’s hard to lay down an idea when you’re going to be leaving but Chelsea will always be a massive club in my life. But when I understand the standards of Chelsea – in that period of time a lot of players were in transition of maybe leaving and some problems and motivation were a problem – in an interim period you can’t really affect that“ said Lampard in an interview with Sky Sports.Graham Potter explains his Chelsea failureExperienced enough, the former England midfielder knew that he was getting himself into but got even more experience from it.”When you see the results of it, I’m experienced enough to know what’s right and what’s wrong and basic things in a training ground on a pitch. I didn’t learn anything tactical but it did reinforce my beliefs of all my experiences of when you know what a group is really fighting in the same direction – how strong that can be and when it’s not, it can be really challenging” he said. It took him over a year to find himself a new job, but he transformed Championship side Coventry and will play in the Premier League promotion playoffs.##NAJAVA_MECA_8813514##
