LONDON – Frank Lampard has revealed Petr Cech will work with Chelsea’s new signing Edouard Mendy and the error-prone Kepa Arrizabalaga as the Blues boss bids to solve his team’s goalkeeping problems.
Former Chelsea keeper Cech has been employed by the west London club as technical and performance advisor since his retirement in 2019.
But the 38-year-old, who finished his playing career at Arsenal, was recently pictured at Chelsea’s Cobham base training alongside Kepa and Lampard’s goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilario.
Lampard confirmed Cech was taking part in some of the training, not as a replacement for Hilario but to add his wealth of experience to the sessions after a troubled spell for Kepa.
“Having Petr train with the ‘keepers and bring his experience is a great thing,” Lampard said. “He still has great quality, I think he retired pretty young. He is training and keeping fit, that’s healthy for him and good for the keepers.”
“Petr has his day job but he is also working with the goalkeepers,” he added. “Why would you not tap into the best goalkeeper in the world, which he was for a long time, to pass on that knowledge?”
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Asked if he was open to Kepa leaving on loan, Lampard said: “No clarity on that one yet. I’m not going to speak about what might happen in the future.
“I’ll have conversations with all the goalkeepers. I’ll be very open about it and see the way to move forward. We know we have had problems in the goalkeeping area in the first two games of this season and at times last year.” – AFP, September 26, 2020
