Perhaps it is not the normal reaction of a sacked manager, especially when his successor is unveiled so quickly to indicate that talks took place before his reign was brought to an end. But when Frank Lampard was stripped of his dream job and Chelsea instead appointed Thomas Tuchel, the Englishman knew what to do.
“I just sent a message to him to wish him good luck,” Lampard revealed. “I felt it was important because these things get blown up on the outside. Rightly so because everyone loves this game and managerial change at Chelsea is huge news. But some things are just normal and about being a bloke and a person who has moved on to a new job and into your position and Chelsea is a club that is always going to be very close to me. I am genuinely happy for him because some of my staff continue to work under him and I hear he is a gentleman.”
