Frank Lampard's Career

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Frank Lampard's Career

Frank Lampard is one of the best midfielders in English football and

an inspiration too many. At just 27 he has won a whole array of awards

ranging from being voted ‘player of the month’ several times, to his

most recent honour of being voted the second best player in the whole

of Europe. He has been influenced by football since he was born. Both

his father and uncle have been successful footballers along with his

cousin, Jamie Redknapp.

Franks career started in 1994 when he was signed by West ham of whom

his uncle was the manager of and who his father was currently playing

for. Unfortunately he did not make much of an impression and so the

fans turned against him. Later he was loaned out to Division twoÂ’s

‘Swansea City’ for who he played just 7 games and scored only one goal

and was later struck with an injury to his right foot which left him

out for the rest season.

It wasnÂ’t until the 1997/98 season that Frank established himself as a

rising star, he had returned to West Ham and was a regular in the

squad that went on to win the ‘InterToto Cup’ when he was spotted by

the England U21 manager who snapped him up and made him captain of the

England U21 squad. He made a total of 19 appearances and scored 9

goals and managed to find a way into a friendly with the full England

squad in 1999.

In 2001 Frank became unsettled at West Ham after the departure of his

father going into retirement and his uncle leaving to manage another

club. There was much speculation over which clubs wanted to sign Frank

and at what cost.

Eventually it was ChelseaÂ’s Claudio RanieriÂ’s who won his signature at

the cost of ₤11million. This caused uproar with the Chelsea fans as

this was a lot of money for such an inexperienced player.

Franks Chelsea career started promisingly and it was towards the end

of his first season that fans began to see what he was capable of,

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