According to Chelsea interim manager Frank Lampard, not all first-team players have contributed their fair share this year.
The Blues' 2022–23 season will almost certainly end in the bottom half of the Premier League after a disastrous start under Todd Boehly and with Clearlake Capital's ownership almost up.
Popular manager Thomas Tuchel was ousted in September 2022 and replaced by Graham Potter of Brighton. However, Potter struggled to motivate a greatly enlarged team and received his own dismissal in April.
Lampard returned to Chelsea as a caretaker manager until the end of the season, although in his eight games in charge, he has only managed one victory after losing his first six straight.
Lampard returned to Chelsea as a caretaker manager until the end of the season, although in his eight games in charge, he has only managed one victory after losing his first six straight.
Lampard said that he only sees fight and hunger in few of his team players ahead of Sunday's arduous trip to Manchester City.
"I believe there are two perspectives you can take if you're a gamer. Regarding Chelsea's bad season and future chances, he stated, "You can say, don't fancy that because it is going to be too tough, or you can go, no, no, I'm going to show individually in my own way what I can do in a game, to show.
And I can guarantee with certainty that some of the guys will do it now that I've been here. I'm interested in seeing whether the other people want to come. That's how simple it is in terms of performance.
"Whatever their motivation, whether it's to impress a new manager, whether it's to impress another club they might be moving to, if that's what they're doing, then I don't blame them,"
"Because these next three games—three against the top four teams, the first of which is City—are incredibly difficult.
After this weekend's match against Man City, Chelsea will host Newcastle United before visiting Manchester United to finish the season.
According to 90min, Mauricio Pochettino has signed a contract with the Blues to serve as their new permanent head coach.
