The Inside Story: Lampard’s Pursuit of Jude Bellingham for Chelsea Revealed

2023-11-07 17:15:00

Frank Lampard, former manager of Chelsea, father of the English Premier League, revealed that he had tried to get Jude Bellingham, a hot midfielder from Real Madrid, to Stamford Bridge since he was just starting out. Started with Birmingham City, but was ultimately disappointed following the club was not ready to pay the 20 million pounds (approximately 880 million baht) as “Global Brand” demanded.

Lampard managed Chelsea for the first time from July 2019 to January 2021 and was so impressed with Bellingham’s form in the 2019/20 season that he wanted him as his son. team But in the end, they were disappointed following “Singsamang” was not ready to pay the fee of 20 million pounds.

Then in 2020, at the age of 17, “King Jude” chose to move to play for Borussia Dortmund for a fee of 25 million pounds (approximately 1,100 million baht) and showed outstanding form. until it was cheap “The White King” grabbed him to join the army and became one of the hottest players in the world of football today.

Lampard said: “When I was manager of Chelsea (in my first term), I really wanted Jude Bellingham to join the team, but I mightn’t get past the idea of ​​paying 20 million. Pounds in exchange for a player his age (at that time)”.

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