LONDON: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard yesterday admitted he would love to work with Jose Mourinho again as reports continue to link the Real Madrid manager with a return to Stamford Bridge.
Lampard credits Mourinho with giving him the belief to become a world-class performer during their time together at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007.
Real have already had an approach rejected for Carlo Ancelotti, and Mourinho’s exit seems only a matter of time. Lampard, who recently signed a new one-year contract after becoming Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer, remains a big admirer of Mourinho and asked what makes his former boss so successful, the England international told TalkSPORT: “It’s a presence and an aura and a way with people.
“He galvanises people. His own self-confidence reflects back on his teams. He did that to me personally. Tactically he’s fantastic. He’s very astute.
“As a team he sets you up brilliantly. But what he does is he gets the best out of players and gets this togetherness that I’d never known until he came to the club and I haven’t seen it again since then.
“He might rub people up the wrong way. But as a manager, he’s brilliant with his team tactically, he’s brilliant with individuals and I think he’s brilliant with the press. I know it creates a storm but he does protect his players.” AFP
