Football: Lampard expects added pressure after Chelsea spending spree

The Stamford Bridge club have spent nearly £200 million as they have brought in on Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz and Malang Sarr and could add even more new faces.The former Chelsea midfielder is under no illusions that owner Roman Abramovich will expect improvements on last season.

The club finished fourth in the Premier League to secure Champions League qualification in Lampard's first campaign, but lost the FA Cup final to Arsenal and were thumped 7-1 on aggregate by Bayern Munich in Europe. "I'm very aware that a club like Chelsea, even though we had a transfer ban, even though the year was difficult, expectations are going to go up hugely," Lampard told The High Performance Podcast.AdvertisementLampard said he expected a"messy patch" that would challenge his managerial skills, now that the honeymoon period at Chelsea was over."I think you have to be understanding that you're coming to the messy patch," Lampard said.

"I think we achieved a lot ... because nobody expected us to come in the top four. But we lost a cup final, and then we lost to Bayern Munich."So I understand that those issues and problems will come again. It's just that I, and we as staff, have to double down. We have to work harder."

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