Giroud And I Have A Very Good Relationship – Lampard

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has come out to speak about the ongoing speculation surrounding Olivier Giroud’s future at the club.

Lampard recently revealed that he is willing to sit down with the Frenchman to discuss his current position in the squad.

According to him, he still sees Giroud as a vital part of his plans going forward despite his lack of minutes over the past few weeks.

He added that he wants Giroud to stay at Chelsea and they have a very good relationship.

His words, “I do have plans to have Oli, he’s very important in our squad. He was a big member of our squad last year and I think he played a lot of games and made a lot of starts for us last year.

“When you look at our games, he made a lot of league starts and I think he played a relative amount. He will always want to play more.

“He is a huge member of the squad for me and I know he will be important for us going forward. I want Oli to stay here because he will play and I have a good relationship with Oli.

“If he ever felt that was going to go a different way then I am happy to have that conversation with him but I want him to stay here and we will be very open both ways if that ever changed, but at the minute, he is very important to me.”

“I think when we brought a few players in attacking areas – Hakim Ziyech has had a big impact on the other side recently, and we have players here already in those areas – the whole point of that recruitment was not only to bring in quality but to lift others around them, either by link up on the pitch or by squad competition,”

“I have more options in forward areas and I need reactions. Tammy has shown a brilliant reaction in terms of how he is. He needs to be on that edge, and all the young players need to be on edge daily to push themselves to try to play in this team, and when they play like Tammy is at the moment he starts to make my decisions easier because he’s playing so well.

“I think linking up with Timo will obviously help him, but first and foremost it always has to be the player himself. Tammy should take credit for his start and understand that his next challenge is to remain consistent. If he looks at last season I think he’ll see that as well.”