Former Everton striker Kevin Campbell has called on Frank Lampard to use his contacts at Chelsea to bring some of their brightest and most talented prospects to Goodison Park next season.
Lampard masterminded a late relegation escape to secure Premier League football for at least another year on the penultimate matchday of the campaign. As the club looks to strengthen in the summer, it's natural to link the Toffees with a host of players from Stamford Bridge given the connection to the club.
Lampard spent 13 years in west London as a player and a further season-and-a-half as manager. Prior to joining the club as boss, he managed Derby County in the Championship where he brought in Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori on loan, both enjoying stellar terms in the second flight of English football.
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Chelsea have a history of loaning out players to clubs in the Premier League and last season saw Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja have successful stints at Crystal Palace and Southampton respectively, while Billy Gilmour was shipped out to Norwich City but was unable to prevent them from being relegated.
Current Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel could well send a number of talented Cobham youngsters out on loan, as well a few senior player seeking first-team football.
And Campbell believes Lampard would be 'stupid not to' contact his old club and take advantage of the relationship he has, not to mention the success he has had with Chelsea players out on loan in the past.
“He’d be stupid not to. He’d be crazy not to,“ he said, speaking to Goodison News . “And the thing is with those players [Gallagher, Broja, etc.], they’ve now got Premier League experience under their belt.
“They’ve had good loan spells at other clubs and they’ve done well. So Frank Lampard would be crazy not to go, because he knows them. He knows what they’re capable of. They’re young, they’re fit, they’re hungry, and they’re talented.
“So I think you’ve got to use what you can.”
