CHECK MATE Lampard stalked his new signings on social media
FRANK LAMPARD has revealed he spent the summer stalking his new signings on social media before bringing them to Stamford Bridge. “There are ways you can see very easily into the lives of the players in the modern day – social media dia and those things,” he said.
“We have a recruitment department who would always look as deeply as they can into those backgrounds on players but, yeah, I’m hands on n as well. “I like to check the players’ l ’ social media sites now and again and, when you are signing a player, of course, it can give you a small degree of detail on the player.” And before splashing out £ 47.5million on Timo Werner’s release clause, Lampard used his spies to dig even deeper.
He said: “We had a player, Ethan Ampadu, who was on loan at Leipzig last year so there was an obvious connection. connectio For me, the biggest factor facto is you can always hear second sec or third hand about how hungry they are but it’s not until you speak to them and get that interaction going g that you start to have that feel for the person and their hunger and drive, and their humility. hu So when I spoke to Timo, I felt that from him instantly.” Werner’s battle with Virgil van Dijk as Chelsea entertain Liverpool will be intriguing, but one which Callum Hudson- Odoi, above, might have to watch from the sidelines. Lampard said: “He’s a young player and he has to absolutely focus on the work he puts in on the training ground.”