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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Frank Lampard Finally Speaks Out About What REALLY Happened At Chelsea (E264)

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Business, Society & Culture, Education

4.517.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

In this new episode Steven sits down with one of Chelsea FC’s greatest ever players, Frank Lampard OBE. Frank began his football career in 1995 with West Ham United, the same team that his father had played for. He made his Premier League debut a year later in 1996. In 2001, Frank signed with Chelsea and stayed with them for 13 years, making 648 appearances and becoming the club’s top scorer with 211 goals. During his playing career, Frank was named one of the best midfielders of his generation, and he began his managerial career in 2018. In this conversation Frank and Steven discuss topics, such as: His father’s role in his success His fear of failure His work ethic and understanding of his weaknesses The coping mechanisms he has used along the way What it takes to be a modern manager Creating an environment for success The challengers of being a modern player How his mothers death impacted him His plans for Chelsea Follow Frank: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3XVSjNV Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When you get that call had you known the context the behind the scenes that unhealthy culture

0:05.6

Honestly, do you think you would have made a different decision?

0:09.6

I think I think I can say this

0:18.8

I read the UK dad was the biggest influence on your career

0:21.2

And then I read a separate quote saying that sometimes I hated him

0:24.4

You know my dad was tough man pushed me very hard in the football front

0:28.0

And it got probably a bit too much

0:29.5

The fear of failure was a huge drive and false thought it made me why I was and gave me the career I got in the end

0:35.5

Chelsea fans will be listening to this because they want to get your opinion on what's just happened

0:38.3

Because since you've left we've not really heard from you

0:40.1

I came back here because this was an opportunity to come to Chelsea a club close to my heart

0:43.9

But I could see in training the level wasn't enough

0:46.8

The size of the squad with players that will test you and question you

0:50.1

Questioning you

0:51.1

And then Chelsea it spends more money than anyone's ever spent in a window

0:54.2

It seemed like chaos could see that the players were ready for the season to finish

0:58.4

But low standards are a symptom of something further upstream

1:02.0

And that's happened you know we didn't get the results or wanted

1:04.5

And I know a lot of the reasons why like what so

1:08.4

One moment occurred in your life that really tested you at a much deeper level

1:12.3

The passing of your mother and while you were playing at the very very highest level

1:15.6

I was a mummy's boy

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