Lampard left Chelsea in the summer of 2014, having made 648 appearances (never less than 40 in a single season) and extended his goalscoring record to 211.
Chelsea finished third in the Premier League and without a trophy, leading to several big names including David Luiz, Demba Ba and Romelu Lukaku to be sold, while senior squad members Ashley Cole and Frank
Lampard left at the end of their contracts.
The Daily Star note that
Lampard left the Blues after the club's policy on contracts for players over 30 left both parties unable to come to an agreement.
City is in dire need of homegrown talent because if Milner and
Lampard leave they will have to fill up these positions.
Not exact matches
Man City saw their homegrown contingent greatly reduced over the summer with Frank
Lampard ending his loan spell at the club and James Milner, Scott Sinclair and Micah Richards all
leaving on free transfers.
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Lampard now
leaves England for New York City FC having won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League, all with Chelsea.
Stamford Bridge boss Jose Mourinho may be keen to beef up his English complement having seen Frank
Lampard and Ashley Cole
leave over the summer but one wonders if the west London side would be willing to fork out such a huge sum for Barkley.
Mourinho has
left the door open for midfielder Frank
Lampard, 36, to return to Chelsea in some capacity and believes his time on loan Manchester City from MLS side New York City will not harm his legacy at Stamford Bridge --(GetWestLondon)
Jose Mourinho will however look to keep hold of John Terry, Frank
Lampard and Ashley Cole on new one year rolling deals though of the three
left - back Cole may turn down such an offer.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was
left «desperately disappointed» by Frank
Lampard's decision to join Manchester City in 2014, report the Daily Star.
The PFA Player of the Year, Chelsea winger Eden Hazard makes it into
Lampard's XI on the
left flank after starring for the Blues this year.
Drogba and midfielder Frank
Lampard, 33 will be allowed to
leave in the summer as Chelsea attempt to reduce the average age of their squad.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher claims 36 - year - old midfielder Frank
Lampard was wrong to join Manchester City after
leaving Chelsea at the end of last season --(Daily Mail)
Then this summer came, and they were still not complete — needing a replacement for
Lampard, and that striker they still hadnt replaced since Drogba
left.
I wouldn't like to see Wilshere
leave us too I see am legendary midfielder in him like Gerrard,
Lampard or Pirlo he needs to balance his head and work on his character.
Again over 70 % of play and we just fart about
left to right back try again, players like Scholes
Lampard where are they that hit from outside box, so sadly missed and yes and Van Persie too.
Further, the report also adds that Redknapp would ask
Lampard to join them too with the midfielder out of contract after
leaving New York City FC, and he could be interested in continuing to play until the end of the season.
A player who
left Chelsea at the same time as
Lampard, Ashley Cole is another former Stamford Bridge star in this dream lineup.
Chelsea legend Frank
Lampard made his first return, since
leaving the club last summer, to Stamford Bridge and received a great reception from the Blues faithful in the 1 - 1 draw.
Still, Shaw claimed that he had not heard of the former centre - back, who only retired in 2002 and who has since worked in management, which persuaded
Lampard to
leave the England setup.
Lampard has now explained that it was not his decision to
leave Chelsea, and that he would have continued at the club if Jose Mourinho had offered him a new contract and promised him a key role in the first - team for this year.
Lampard almost
left chelsea but had to stay back because of fans, same as Gerald of liverpool.
For so long Chelsea had the presence of old heads like Terry, Frank
Lampard, Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole, but all have departed in fairly quick succession in recent years,
leaving them without that same kind of know - how in the squad.
Chelsea legend Frank
Lampard believes it was a mistake by his old club to let exciting young striker Tammy Abraham
leave on loan for Swansea City in the summer transfer window.
Lampard recently
left the USA after two seasons with New York City FC.
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They're desperate for English players with
Lampard and Milner
leaving, they'll pay top dollar.
I think it would be a mistake to focus too much on the little Spaniard, because then we would be
leaving too much space for the likes of Nasri, Fernandinho,
Lampard or Navas and they all have the ability to really hurt us.
With Rickie Lambert moving to Liverpool, Frank
Lampard and Ashley Cole
leaving Chelsea and who could forget Phil Bardsley joining Stoke, people might have forgotten that in one week's time the 2014 World Cup will begin.
Lampard has been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge after announcing that he would be
leaving MLS side New York City FC last week.
Lampard became New York's second major signing following the arrival of ex-Barcelona and The 36 - year - old
left Chelsea after 13 years with the London club where he won 11 major trophies.
The longer we
leave it, the closer we'll get to a post-match
Lampard - bum - licking session.
He also revealed that club legend Frank
Lampard was his favourite player at Chelsea before
leaving the club to join rivals Manchester City.
He's just the latest legend to
leave without a big send off, it happened with both Frank
Lampard and Petr Cech in recent years.
Frank
Lampard, who is set to
leave the club this summer, has been named vice captain for the tournament and should have a key roll in helping to protect a lead and close games out late on... assuming England get themselves into such a favourable position.
It still means that revenue generation / cost cutting needs to happen regularly in the future so we can expect high paid players (Terry,
Lampard and Cole) to be
leaving sooner rather than later.
As Frank
Lampard stood on the sideline waiting to come on with 15 minutes
left at the Etihad Stadium yesterday, you looked at Manuel Pellegrini and wo -LRB-...)
On top of that, he'll be a great influence in the dressing room, especially since Cole and Frank
Lampard have
left.
Although he looks set to
leave Chelsea at the end of the season, Frank
Lampard has continued to score goals and show exactly what he is capable of at the highest level including scoring the second goal against Reading on Wednesday.
With
Lampard, Matic and Mikel in the middle of midfield, there was little
left to imagination as to how this game would pan out.
Lampard is
leaving the club after his contract expired, which was extended for one year in May last year.
The New York City FC duo
Lampard and Villa linked up on the
left wing before the ball found its way to Giovinco, who lashed in an unstoppable volley from the edge of the area for 2 - 1.
England's Midfielder Frank
Lampard has confirmed that after 13 years of playing for the club from Stamford Bridge this summer, he is
leaving Chelsea...
Frank
Lampard has confirmed that he will
leave Chelsea this summer.
Chelsea legend Frank
Lampard has urged his former club not to lose manager Antonio Conte amid rumours that the Italian could
leave Stamford Bridge.
If Rafa Benitez is so amazing and judges Gerrard to be a bad tackler, does that mean he is also clever for
leaving Lampard out and not giving him a new contract?
Schurrle failed to track James Milner's run, and he played the ball back to Frank
Lampard, who Ivanovic had
left unmarked, and he produced the kind of finish that made him a Chelsea legend.
Chelsea come in to this on the back of a 1 - 1 draw with Manchester City, a game which saw their record goal scorer Frank
Lampard score against them to equalise with just five minutes
left.
Chelsea won an injury - time penalty, but regular penalty - taker
Lampard — who had been on the field for less than 15 minutes and had not appeared for the first team since August —
left the spot kick to Didier Drogba, whose effort was saved.