Frank Lampard Names Sensational African Star as His Best Teammate

Frank Lampard Names Sensational African Star as His Best Teammate

Isaac Darko
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM
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  • Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has named African football legend Didier Drogba as the best player he ever played with
  • In an interview with Sky Sports, the current Everton manager has put his partnership with the ex-Ivorian forward above any other player
  • Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba played together at Chelsea between 2004 and 2014, winning three Premier League titles and one Champions League

England legend Frank Lampard has played with the likes of John Terry, Michael Ballack, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Petr Cech, but named none of them as his best ever teammate.

The 43-year-old icon is one of the greatest players to play for Chelsea, scoring an astonishing 147 goals in 429 appearances. In addition, he starred alongside many greats with the Three Lions of England.

During his spell at the Stamford Bridge with the Blues, he featured in one of the greatest Premier League teams, along with Didier Drogba, who he named his best teammate.

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Frank Lampard names Didier Drogba as his best teammate. Credit: @irishmirror
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“I’ve played with great players,” said Lampard on Sky Sports as quoted by punditarena.
“I always mention Didier and John as the greatest but if you’re talking about a link-up and the relationship we had on and off the pitch, the feeling that you know where someone is and they know where you are and you’re always kind of looking for each other, we used to train like that.
“Every day we used to try and do finishing together, talk about situations of one-touch passes, he’d be on the move, I’d arrive in the box, he’d be setting me up.”

With the two had provided the most goal combinations in Premier League history up until recently, their quality as a pairing is undeniable.

While the record has recently been broken by Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane, Lampard is simply happy to have held the record and appreciates the game will always move onwards.

Breathtaking Video of Fans Cheering Chelsea Legend Drogba Drops

Sports Brief earlier reported that former African footballer of the year, Didier Drogba was met by a huge crowd after his candidacy was approved for the Ivorian Football Association elections.

The ex-Chelsea star will be competing for the top job with Yatte Ellele Jean-Baptiste, Arnaud Aka, Laurent Kouakou, Idriss Diallo, Sory Diabate.

In a video posted on Twitter, fans of the former Ivory Coast star sang and chanted his name as they wished him well ahead of the elections.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)
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