CHRISTINE BLEAKLEY

Star helps lift Frank’s Blues

FRANK Lampard has revealed his TV star wife helps him to manage Chelsea.

The Blues boss asks former One Show host Christine for advice on dealing with troubled players.

Frank, 42, admits he turns to the Co Down star for help if any INTENSE are having off-field His footy problems. chat can be

The f ormer too much England ace said: “I throw a lot of things off Chri stin e. I love that I have somebody there who gets working environments – and I love to bounce [things off her] as it’s a d i f fe re n t v i e w a n d opinion.

“I’ve got great staff, but it’s more rounded. Sometimes I say, ‘What do you think about this? I’ve a player who d i d n’ t turn up for training yesterday, but we still probably need him at the weekend. What do you think?’

“And she might go, ‘Yeah, but has he got a girlfriend or wife? Is there a problem? Maybe you should speak to them’. She’s not picking what full back we’ll play, but if I have issues which are lifey… I’m very fortunate to have someone to bounce things off at home.

“I obviously love her very much, but I really respect her for how she’s got on in her career and how diligent she is.” Frank and Christine, 41, met at the Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards in 2009 and married in 2015. They have a daughter Patricia, aged two. Frank told The High Performance Podcast he can sometimes go too far with “intense” football chat at home. “Christine has a bit of a joke with me at home w h en we’re watching football all the time and she’s almost fed up.

“She does reflect on the fact that it’s only kicking a ball…”

Frank added that he was “very lucky I have a wife who can tell me to snap out of it and we go on a date night or for dinner.

“Then I have to not talk about football for two or three hours. That’s the balance you have to strike.”

If there’s a player with lifey issues I’ll ask her ‘What do you think?’ CHELSEA BOSS FRANK ON WIFE’S HELPFUL ADVICE

TEAMWORK Frank says he’s lucky to have Christine’s player advice