Mourinho defends Lampard departure Jose Mourinho insists Chelsea made the right decision in letting Frank Lampard go as it has allowed the clubs young stars to develop. The former England midfielder left Stamford Bridge in the summer as the clubs all-time leading goalscorer, and after initially signing for Major League Soccer franchise New York City he was loaned to sister club Manchester City. Lampard has responded with six goals this season - including Saturdays winner at Leicester - to show he can still do a job in the Premier League, but Mourinho is unrepentant about the decision to allow the 36-year-old to leave. Its his life, nothing to do with us. He left Chelsea as a free agent and chooses his life, we cant complain about it. Thats football, said the Portuguese. My view is that when you want to look forward, look to the future and have people like (Cesc) Fabregas and (Nemanja) Matic and Jeremie Boga (a midfielder with the under-21s) which are the next 10 years of the club. The project is to prepare for the next 10 years, not for the next year - we made the right decision. You can argue You have John Terry and Didier Drogba. Different. Drogba is a striker that is coming to help and support the team. John Terry is the best central defender in English football and it doesnt matter how old he is. The nucleus of the team has to be developed and to have a big player like Frank we would stop the development of the other guys.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:49:22 +0000
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