Frank Lampard: Chelsea interim manager insists owners have ‘unbelievable intentions’ to move club forward despite miserable season | Football News

Frank Lampard says the chaos at the moment surrounding Chelsea wouldn’t cease him from signing for the club if he was nonetheless taking part in.

Chelsea have endured a miserable season however will likely be wanting to end the marketing campaign on a relative excessive after ending a run of six straight defeats underneath Lampard with a 3-1 win at Bournemouth final Saturday.

The victory on the south coast was their first since March 11 when Graham Potter was nonetheless in cost and ended a wretched streak that had seen the workforce rating solely 4 occasions in 9 video games.

Chelsea are eleventh within the Premier League desk with 4 matches remaining however talking forward of Saturday’s go to of Nottingham Forest, Lampard insists there are “fantastic intentions” to move the club forward.

The Blues boss was requested in his pre-match press convention: “From the outside, Chelsea looks a mess. If you were a big-name player now, at the top of your game, would you sign?”

Lampard was categorical. “Absolutely I would sign for Chelsea,” he mentioned. “There are a whole lot of nice issues about this club. ‘Form is momentary, high quality is everlasting’ is an effective saying.

“I can see unbelievable intentions to take the club forward. Plenty of massive golf equipment undergo this course of in a roundabout way, form or type, and the extra profitable you’ve got been, the extra headlines it will get once you come to that second.

“As an individual player definitely I would come here because it’s an incredible club. Sometimes it’s nice to be part of the process that takes a club where you want it to go. I think that’s an enticing thing as well. Rather than being parachuted in to somewhere that’s successful.”

Lampard likened the present state of affairs to when he determined to first be part of Chelsea from West Ham in 2001.

“I signed when we were a top-six or top-eight team, and little did I know that I’d come out of it with trophies and medals all over the place.

“I used to be a part of an enormous course of that noticed this club develop into probably the most profitable club within the trendy period of the Premier League.

“This is a huge football club. No matter what happens in the next six months or two years or three years, this is always going to be a successful football club. I absolutely believe that.”

Saturday’s recreation towards Forest will likely be an opportunity to finish a run of six house matches and not using a win in all competitions, with Chelsea having not tasted success at Stamford Bridge since beating Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League on March 7.

“If (home) form has not been great since I’ve been here and preceding that, it’s very normal and human that can build up some nervousness amongst players and staff,” mentioned Lampard.

“The only way through that is to dig in and try and do the right things. I’ve been there as a player. That’s what the players have to do, simple as that.

“The crowd will go together with them and with you could change into a little bit of a drive. We’re clearly striving for that.”

Follow stay updates of Chelsea’s recreation towards Nottingham Forest throughout Sky Sports’ digital platforms on Saturday; kick-off 3pm.

Chelsea’s remaining fixtures

May 13: Nottingham Forest (H) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm

May 21: Manchester City (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4pm

May 25: Manchester United (A) – Premier League, kick-off 8pm, stay on Sky Sports

May 28: Newcastle (H) – Premier League, kick-off 4.30pm